[CPEO-BIF] Former Goodyear Parcel, New Bedford, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

South End development spurs hope for long vacant brownfield

By Daniel Schemer 
South Coast Today (MA)
February 10, 2018 
  	
NEW BEDFORD — On Orchard Street in New Bedford’s South End a brand new Family Dollar has sprung up.

“It’s a good location to have one. I think this store will do well here,” said Cheri Santos, the store manager, at the store’s grand opening last weekend.

Of greater significance than having a new retail establishment in this part of the city, however, is the actual location itself.

When standing in the building’s parking lot, across from Ashley Park, one is still greeted by a full view of what is referred to as the Goodyear Parcel, where the mammoth Goodyear Tire & Rubber Plant once stood. Now all that remains is 10 acres of fenced-in dirt stone, and debris, representing the residuals of this part of New Bedford’s once prominent industrial era.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20180210/south-end-development-spurs-hope-for-long-vacant-brownfield

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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>
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