[CPEO-BIF] "Dothan's [Alabama] EPA Brownfields grant projects moving forward"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Government Oversight: Dothan’s EPA Brownfields grant projects moving forward

by Jeremy Wise 
Dothan Eagle (AL)
November 4, 2018

The name may sound odd, but the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program may soon again produce some valuable results in the City of Dothan.

The program essentially awards money to help cities and other interested community partners clean up properties that have economic development potential but may also have environmental concerns. Past Brownfields grants aided the development of the Cottonwood Corners retail complex and the Friend Bank branch located at the intersection of West Main Street and Ross Clark Circle.

Last year the City of Dothan landed a $300,000 grant to continue addressing environmental issues in the hopes of spurring more economic development. On Wednesday the Dothan Planning Department will provide the public an update on the projects initiated under the new grant during a work session with the Dothan City Commission at 10 a.m. at the Dothan Civic Center.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.dothaneagle.com/news/government/government-oversight-dothan-s-epa-brownfields-grant-projects-moving-forward/article_ee544e5c-df98-11e8-a824-7b464743181f.html

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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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