[CPEO-MEF] "Toledo [Ohio] Zoo plans to convert brownfield to parking lot"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toledo Zoo plans to convert brownfield to parking lot

 
by ALEXANDRA MESTER
Toledo Blade (OH)
April 29, 2021 

The Toledo Zoo is planning to turn a former brownfield along the Anthony Wayne Trail into a huge parking lot, opening up future possibilities of developing exhibit space in its current main parking area on the opposite side.

“It’s a long-range plan that allows the zoo to expand,” said Jeff Sailer, the zoo’s president and chief executive. “We’ve been trying to find ways to acquire this land for a long time.”

The zoo recently signed a $406,000 purchase agreement with Norfolk Southern Corp. for a 20.33-acre property on the south side of the Trail. It’s where Jennison Wright once processed coal to produce asphalt pavement sealer — popularly known by the brand name Jennite — and apply creosote preservative to railroad ties.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2021/04/29/toledo-zoo-plans-to-convert-brownfield-to-parking-lot/stories/20210428131

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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