[CPEO-BIF] GM Doraville, Georgia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Not all auto manufacturing brownfields are in the "rust belt." = LS]

DeKalb to partner with developer on GM site

By April Hunt and Ty Tagami
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
October 13, 2009

A Florida developer says DeKalb County will help his company convert the 
old General Motors property in Doraville into a "true urban center" with 
homes, restaurants, businesses and offices.

"DeKalb has agreed to work with us, to develop this project for them, 
for us and for Doraville," said David Pace, president of New Broad 
Street Companies.

DeKalb officials refused to discuss their negotiations with the company, 
but they recently told at least one Doraville city councilman of their 
plans to acquire the land with New Broad Street.

....


Redevelopment of the 165-acre site has been a hot topic since GM 
announced the plant closing in 2007. It would be the largest 
"brownfield" project in metro Atlanta, meaning it involves the cleanup 
of a heavy industrial site. By comparison, Atlantic Station in Midtown 
Atlanta, a former steel mill, is 138 acres.

....

Fot the entire article, see
http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb-to-partner-with-162070.html

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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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