[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Northern Pointe, Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (MN)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Arden Hills: Will TCAAP finally be developed?

A chunk of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant property, unused for 
years and teasing developers, is now largely free of contamination and 
soon will go to auction.

By Nancy Ngo
Twin Cities Pioneer Press (MN)
January 15, 2011


It's been almost 15 years since the late congressman Bruce Vento called 
for reusing and developing the sprawling Twin Cities Army Ammunition 
Plant in Arden Hills.

For years, the complex of apparently empty buildings, overgrown lots and 
unkempt pastures has sat unchanged near a busy intersection of highways. 
But community leaders say an upcoming land auction could finally trigger 
development.

Owned by the U.S. Army, much of the site has been contaminated by 
decades of munitions manufacturing. The cleanup of the 2,370-acre site 
has proved to be a barrier to transferring the property to civilian hands.

Now, with the majority of a cleanup complete on 430 acres on the 
southwest corner of the property now dubbed Northern Pointe, the U.S. 
government plans to put the land on the market as early as next month.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_17101242

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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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