[CPEO-BIF] "Wilmington [Delaware] planners talk brownfield redevelopment plan"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wilmington planners talk brownfield redevelopment plan 

By SOPHIA SCHMIDW 
Delaware Public Media
October 16, 2018

The City of Wilmington presented working plans for revitalization along the Brandywine River in northeast Wilmington at a public open house last Tuesday.

City planner Matt Harris says the plan is centered around two brownfields along the Brandywine River: the former Diamond State Salvage property and the Wilmington Maintenance Yard. But Harris notes the plan goes beyond these properties.

“You’re not looking at just those sites. It’s how those sites can be a catalyst for redevelopment and reinvestment in the entire project area,” he said.

Gerald Ryle lives on Tatnall St. in the study area. He says his primary concern is abandoned houses and lots. He says he’d like to see some turned into parks.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.delawarepublic.org/post/wilmington-planners-talk-brownfield-redevelopment-plan

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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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