[CPEO-BIF] Downtown Streetscape Project, Ocean Springs, Mississippi

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Transforming Government Street: Phase two of streetscape project begins

Cherie Ward
The Mississippi Press
December 18, 2010

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. -- Phase two of the city's Downtown Streetscape 
Project kicked off this week with the planting of 15 live oak trees on 
Government Street and Washington Avenue.

"Phase two of the Streetscape Project seeks to transform Government 
Street into as beautiful a place as Washington Avenue," said Eric Meyer, 
director of community development and planning.

...

"It's often difficult to rehab former dry-cleaning businesses because of 
contaminates," Cody said. "The city was able to acquire a service grant 
from DEQ to do a brownfield assessment, evaluating the levels of 
contaminates on the property site. Luckily, it was found to be a very 
clean dry-cleaning site and it will greatly enhance our downtown area, 
especially in providing parking for our many events. Downtown often 
becomes congested. This new parking lot will not only alleviate that 
problem, but create green space."

For the entire article, see
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-living/2010/12/transforming_government_street_phase_two_of_streetscape_project_begins.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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