[CPEO-BIF] Eaton Manufacturing/Metavation L.L.C. Foundry, Vassar, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

State steps in to help Vassar foundry


By Andrew Dietderich
Tuscola Today (MI)
December 21, 2016

Efforts to develop the 71-acre site of a former foundry in Vassar are ramping up, driven by officials from the city, the Tuscola County Economic Development Corp., and now, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

Brian Chapman, city manager, Vassar, said the goal is to line up potential financial incentives for parties that express interest in the property once home to with an estimated 500 jobs.
So far in 2016, about six inquiries have been made about the property, Chapman said. He would not comment on the companies or type of businesses.

However, Steve Erickson, executive director, Tuscola County Economic Development Corp., said Tuesday that “there is a large company that has some interest in planting there.”
Chapman said to be competitive with other locations, such as Wisconsin and Ohio, potential buyers need as much information and assistance as possible — and they usually need it fast.
As a result, Ryan Londrigan, brownfield coordinator, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, is working with Chapman and Erickson to identify “what all of the incentives are and what we can do to get that done.” Londrigan attended his first meeting on the project about a week ago.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.tuscolatoday.com/index.php/2016/12/21/state-steps-in-to-help-vassar-foundry/

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