[CPEO-BIF] Hayswood Hospital, Mayville, Kentucky

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Dealing with Hayswood

Editorial
Maysville Ledger Independent (KY)
February 10, 2006 

Let's keep our fingers crossed that the latest effort by Maysville to do
something with the Hayswood Hospital property is successful.

Over the past 23 years, since its closure in favor of Meadowview
Regional Medical Center, the hospital building has transformed from a
vital part of the downtown to its biggest eyesore. Once called the worst
blight in the community, officials have struggled with finding a
solution to the "Hayswood issue."

...

Now it appears the interest of the state and federal government to clean
up brownfield sites may hold the best hope yet for Maysville and
Hayswood. City officials met with the EPA's Brownfield representative
and the Corp of Engineers Thursday to explore the deteriorating
building. Testing on contaminants could begin as soon as this spring and
city officials hope to apply for grants to clean up the site this fall.

...

For the entire editorial, see
http://www.maysville-online.com/articles/2006/02/10/opinion/editorial/805maryann.txt

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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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