2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 13:50:12 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "New Port Richey [Florida] residents worry the stigma would overshadow the economic incentives"
 
New Port Richey puts the brakes on brownfield status
New Port Richey residents worry the stigma would overshadow the economic incentives.

By Robert Napper
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
November 2, 2011

NEW PORT RICHEY - Public outcry has stalled an effort by city officials to declare nearly all of New Port Richey a brownfield in the hopes of tapping into economic incentives for redevelopment.

...

Much of the opposition at City Hall Tuesday came from local Realtors who said including residential neighborhoods in the proposed brownfield area might send property values plunging. Realtors in the crowd also said if the resolution passed, they would be legally bound to disclose the brownfield status of properties to potential buyers.

"Perception and stigma (are) very, very strong," local real estate broker Sonia Magruder told the council. "I want to thank you for not making a hasty decision."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/new-port-richey-puts-the- brakes-on-brownfield-status/1199684

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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