[CPEO-BIF] Fisherville Mill, Grafton, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New lease on life for Fisherville Mill

By Donna Boynton
Worcester Telegram (MA)
June 18, 2006

GRAFTON - The remains of the Fisherville Mill - a heap of charred metal 
and brick on oil- and asbestos-contaminated soil - have endured seven 
years after the mill complex was destroyed by arsonists.

But the fire, however devastating, has been the impetus for opportunity 
and discovery.

The cleanup efforts, spearheaded by new owner Eugene N. Bernat, one of 
four partners of Fisherville Mill Redevelopment Co., have yielded more 
than debris — they have unearthed significant pieces of South Grafton 
and Blackstone Valley history. Large turbines and gates — remnants of 
the Blackstone Canal — a stone arch bridge and other structures once 
hidden by the sprawling mill, are now the focal point of preservation 
efforts by local historians.


The former Superfund waste site, now classified as a brownfield site, 
will eventually host a new mill-style building — this time not for 
manufacturing, but for retail shops, restaurants and residential units. 
In addition, it will also have clean, green riverbank parklands.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060618/NEWS/606180527/1116

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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