2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:13:19 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Winter Haven, Florida recreational complex
 
DEP Officials to Attend Forum on Brownfield Site For New Haven Rec Center

By Ryan E. Little
LAKELAND LEDGER (FL)
September 28, 2011

WINTER HAVEN - Florida Department of Environmental Protection officials will attend Tuesday's Winter Haven public forum on the placement of a new recreation center and swimming pool, according to agency officials.

About 150 residents attended Monday's Winter Haven City Commission meeting to protest a proposed plan to build a new recreation center and swimming pool on a former fertilizer plant property, which reports filed with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection say is contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals.

City officials planned the public forum to allow more residents the opportunity to give input on the recreation center and pool's future home.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.theledger.com/article/20110928/NEWS/110929289/1338/sitemaps
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Lenny Siegel
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