[CPEO-MEF] REUSE - Grumman Navy property, Bethpage (NY)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Nassau OKs plan to use Grumman land to create jobs

BY WILLIAM MURPHY AND SID CASSESE
Long Island Newsday (NY)
February 12, 2008

The Nassau County Legislature voted yesterday to launch a plan to turn 
more than 100 acres of the old Grumman property in Bethpage into a 
massive incubator for the next generation of jobs on Long Island.

Lawmakers voted unanimously to acquire 96 acres from the the U.S. Navy, 
and lease 9 acres that still hold contaminants from decades of 
industrial use.

With deed in hand, the county will request proposals later this year on 
the sale and eventual use of the land. County Executive Thomas Suozzi 
says he wants to build an industrial park on the site catering to 
high-tech industries with the greatest promise for growth.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-ligrum125573752feb12,0,4152752.story

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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
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