[CPEO-BIF] Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority (OH)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Port seeks greater authority
Wants bigger role in Hamilton County development

BY KIMBALL PERRY
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER (OH)
January 27, 2006

Hoping to expand its role, the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development
Authority wants to reorganize and expand its jurisdiction, a move that
proponents say could bring more development and jobs to Hamilton County.

"We want to expand the port authority's power ... to give us the
authority to do what other port authorities around Ohio do," port
Chairman Jack Rouse said Thursday. "It's a very mature development tool
in many areas, but unfortunately not here."

Since the port began operation five years ago, it has done just some of
what Ohio law allows port authorities to do:

Receive grants for cleaning up "brownfield" or industrial sites for redevelopment.

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For the entire article, see
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060127/BIZ01/601270385/1076/BIZ

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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