[CPEO-BIF] Endicott Johnson Industrial Spine (NY)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

JC hears options for brownfield upgrades

Industrial ruins dominate 1 1/2-mile zone

By Eric Reinagel
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
March 13, 2009

JOHNSON CITY - A block from Joan Purtell's home on Endicott Avenue in 
Johnson City sit the remnants of the village's industrial past.

Massive buildings with broken windows fill the horizon just beyond the 
railroad tracks from her house.

Purtell was one of about 50 people at Thursday night's meeting at the 
Firehouse Stage Goodwill Theatre to hear about Syracuse-based 
consultants Clough Harbour and Associates' redevelopment plan for the 
area known as the "Endicott Johnson Industrial Spine."

Purtell, 77, retired from Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, said she left 
encouraged about the future of her neighborhood. "With all the trouble 
in the world it doesn't seem like a good time, but we have to be 
optimistic," she said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20090313/NEWS01/903130345/1001

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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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