From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 18 May 2018 22:54:14 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "'Brownfield' agreements could mean sizeable tax breaks for Charlotte [North Carolina] developers" |
'Brownfield' agreements could mean sizeable tax breaks for Charlotte developers By Morgan Frances FOX 46 WJZY TV News (CHARLOTTE, NC) MAY 14, 2018 As you drive around Charlotte, and the surrounding neighborhoods, you see buildings are going up in the blink of an eye. Much of the construction, however, is on contaminated land, and investors are bustling to build on the so-called brownfields. … This isn’t a cleanup program. Brownfield program managers work with developers to make sure the contaminants are contained. Not all are on board with it. “It should not be a place to where you live and breathe and your children go play and dig in the dirt,” said Kristian Rhyne from Belmont. He lives near a brownfield site, and says he’s wary of it; so are his neighbors. … For the entire article, see http://www.fox46charlotte.com/home/getting-results/brownfield-agreements-could-mean-sizeable-tax-breaks-for-charlotte-developers -- 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 | |
Prev by Date: [CPEO-BIF] "$4.7M awarded to transform former Big Lots property into affordable housing, " Binghamton, New York Next by Date: [CPEO-BIF] "Peekskill [New York] aims to redevelop property on Lower South Street? | |
Prev by Thread: [CPEO-BIF] "$4.7M awarded to transform former Big Lots property into affordable housing, " Binghamton, New York Next by Thread: [CPEO-BIF] "Peekskill [New York] aims to redevelop property on Lower South Street? |