[CPEO-BIF] Terre Haute Coke and Carbon property, Terre Haute, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

City panel examines proposal for brownfield project
City panel hears pitch for one option at 13th and Hulman brownfield site

By Michele Lawson 
Terre Haute Tribune-Star (IN)
April 23, 2021
 
    
A proposal from Ash Union and Taft Law Firm was recently presented to the Terre Haute Redevelopment Commission to acquire the old Terre Haute Coke and Carbon property at 13th and Hulman Streets for the purpose of remediation and development.

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The 52-acre site now being considered in Terre Haute was operated as a coke and manufacturing gas production facility form 1926 through 1988. It has significant soil and groundwater contamination from coal gasification. About 20 acres has already been revitalized at the expense of the city for the purpose of business development, leaving approximately 32 acres that are still contaminated with heterogenous soil hotspots.

Guevara said the the old Terre Haute Coke and Carbon property is a prime location for Brownfield redevelopment that would turn the property back into productive use and return it to the tax roll as either low- to mid-income housing or else as warehousing or light industrial.

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For the entire article, seee
https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/city-panel-examines-proposal-for-brownfield-project/article_cdeda31b-c0ac-5dcd-9ad0-5dc527360690.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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