[CPEO-BIF] Federal money for Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Michigan car dealers, suppliers will get loans from U.S., auto recovery 
chief announces

Mark Hornbeck
Detroit News (MI)
May 7, 2009

Grand Rapids -- President Barack Obama's auto industry recovery czar 
launched a two-day trip to auto-downturn-ravaged Michigan today and 
announced an expanded loan program that will aid state auto dealers and 
suppliers and give more than $10 million to Michigan for the 
redevelopment of old manufacturing sites.

...

Montgomery also announced $10.3 million in new funding for cleanup and 
reuse of old industrial sites. He said it's the largest amount for 
brownfields redevelopment available to any state.

The money will come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009 and will help communities to clean up sites known as brownfields, 
which may be contaminated by hazardous chemicals or pollutants.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.detnews.com/article/20090507/METRO/905070463/1361/Auto-recovery-leader-announces-$10M-for-brownfield-redevelopment

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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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