2007 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 18 Oct 2007 21:51:18 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Twin Cities Ammo Plant (MN) redevelopment
 
Arden Hills works on plan to develop Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant

BY SHANNON PRATHER
St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN)
October 18, 2007

It's the opportunity to transform a toxic plot of federal land - once used to manufacture bullets - into a sparkling new community dotted with homes, businesses, and parks and trails.

It's tantalizing - full of promise and yet fraught with risk and red tape.

One small north Ramsey County city is wrestling with that dream. So far, the going has been painfully slow and the first turn of the shovel isn't expected anytime soon.

Just last year, Arden Hill officials were excited about finally getting the approval to buy 585 acres of the former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant site from the federal government. But the land deal has yet to materialize because a final cost and environmental cleanup details have yet to be worked out.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_7208188?nclick_check=1

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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