[CPEO-BIF] Solar at former Mitchell-Bentley property, Cadillac, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup of Mitchell-Bentley rubble to begin next week

By Chris Lamphere 
Cadillac News (MI)
October 10, 2019 


CADILLAC — City officials announced Wednesday that cleanup of the Mitchell-Bentley building would begin next week.

According to a city press release, on Tuesday, Oct. 15, Cadillac crews, in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) and Consumers Energy, will begin removal of contaminated debris and remaining structures at the former Mitchell-Bentley property to make way for the development of a 500-kilowatt Solar Community Garden.

The city of Cadillac was awarded a $700,000 Brownfield Redevelopment Grant and a $300,000 Brownfield Redevelopment Loan to revitalize and safely reuse the multiple-acre former manufacturing property at 514 West Wright St.

The property has been used for manufacturing since 1894 and was last in operation by the Mitchell-Bentley Corporation in 1989. In 2013 the plant burned, leaving approximately 9,000 cubic yards of asbestos-containing debris on the property and remnant soil contamination.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.cadillacnews.com/news/cleanup-of-mitchell-bentley-rubble-to-begin-next-week/article_97b6186a-b471-5c3e-86dd-cdc1b87ac992.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
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