[CPEO-BIF] Neenah, Wisconsin rezoning

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Neenah rezones brownfield site for townhouses

By Duke Behnke
Appleton  Post-Crescent (WI)
January 6, 2011


NEENAH — The Common Council on Wednesday rezoned a seven-acre brownfield 
site at 155 N. Western Ave. from industrial use to commercial use to 
accommodate a $10 million, 68-unit townhouse complex.

The vote was 8-1 with Ald. Todd Stevenson in opposition.

At least seven votes were needed for passage because neighbors had filed 
a petition against the rezoning, thereby requiring a three-fourths vote 
of the council, rather than a simple majority.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110106/APC0101/101060506/Neenah-rezones-brownfield-site-for-townhouses

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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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