Re: [CPEO-BIF] Forestville Industrial Plating Co. site, Southington, CONNECTICUT

[CPEO <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

I don't know why I typed Pennsylvania on the Subject line when I  
originally posted this. Sorry.

Lenny

On May 17, 2011, at 10:00 AM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

> Cleanup should give Queen Street site a future
>
>
> By Richie Rathsack
> Record-Journal (CT)
> May 16, 2011 11:30 pm
>
> SOUTHINGTON - Hidden behind stores on Queen Street is a little- 
> noticed factory building, abandoned for years. Town officials were  
> happy to see an environmental cleanup sign appear near the driveway  
> to the property, especially after approving a tax abatement package  
> last week to encourage the work.
>
> Economic Development Coordinator Louis Perillo III said  
> contaminated sites like that are difficult to market due to the  
> cost of remediation.
> "I think this one is huge for us," Perillo said. "The size of the  
> parcel, the level of contamination, two acres on Queen Street; the  
> developer had mentioned 30,000 square feet of retail space. We  
> think that would add to Queen Street's relative strength."
>
> The property was once home to the Forestville Industrial Plating  
> Co., which specialized in plating metal springs and screws,  
> according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website.  
> There was a lagoon on site that contained plating wastes and metal  
> hydroxide sludge, according to the EPA.
>
>
> ...
>
> For the entire article, see
> http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/about/
>
> --
>
> Lenny Siegel
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> a project of the Pacific Studies Center
> 278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
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