From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Thu, 24 Aug 2017 23:23:54 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Minnesota Brightfields |
On hard-to-use brownfields, property owners see a new option shining down on them Solar arrays can make productive use of land where buildings aren't allowed. By Don Jacobson Minneapolis Star Tribune (MN) August 17, 2017 Brownfields come in all shapes and sizes, from a few blocks to many acres, and all locations, from inner cities through suburbia and into rural areas. They get their name because they have environmental contamination. And their owners, in some cases public officials, would like to overcome that obstacle to return them to some kind of productive use. Sometimes, such as with the site of the former Ford Motor Co. assembly plant in St. Paul, the contamination is manageable enough to remove safely and allow for a new life as tax-generating, privately redeveloped properties. … For the entire article, see http://www.startribune.com/on-hard-to-use-brownfields-property-owners-see-a-new-option-shining-down-on-them/440949493/ -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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