2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:17:34 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] 24 New York Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program grants
 
GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK STATE
PRESS RELEASE

GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES $10 MILLION IN BROWNFIELD OPPORTUNITY AREAS PROGRAM GRANTS

Governor David A. Paterson today announced more than $10 million in Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program grants for 24 projects located in communities across the State. These grants support environmental remediation, community revitalization, job creation and the expansion of the tax base in neighborhoods that have been adversely affected by multiple brownfield sites or economic distress.

"The State's Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program provides critically needed resources to transform thousands of brownfields and other dormant properties back to productive use to generate jobs for New Yorkers and revenues for local governments," Governor Paterson said. "This program lays the foundation for sustained community redevelopment by putting solid strategies and investment priorities in place."


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For the entire press release, see
http://www.state.ny.us/governor/press/press_1007091.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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