[CPEO-MEF] Former Air Force base in Duluth (MN)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Minnesota Awards $4.2 Million in Redevelopment Grants for Blighted 
Properties

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The grants are designed to offset the costs of 
reclaiming and redeveloping blighted property.

Expansion Management
March 16, 2006

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) 
has awarded $4.2 million in grants to 10 communities in Greater 
Minnesota to offset the costs of reclaiming and redeveloping blighted 
property.

...

City of Duluth - $750,000 — Grant will help redevelop a 12.9-acre site, 
a former Air Force Base. The project includes expansion of the Cirrus 
Production Facility and public parking. The redevelopment will create 
220 new full-time jobs, retain 711 full-time jobs and generate $88,691 
annually in new taxes.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.expansionmanagement.com/smo/articleviewer/default.asp?cmd=articledetail&articleid=17203&st=5

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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