2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:40:36 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Rochester, New York waterfront
 
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand seeks new brownfield cleanup funds

by Brian Sharp
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (NY)
September 14, 2012

The news conference over, Dorothy Hall made her way down the stairs from the Genesee River waterfront, past the overgrowth and an abandoned oil refinery scribbled over with graffiti.

She and her neighbors have met, discussed and planned the remaking of this property for three years now. Come next week, they will gather again as the city presents the advisory group with master plan concepts that designate the warehouses and undeveloped land south of Ford Street, on the west bank of the Genesee River, for open space or mixed-use/commercial development.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, visited the site Friday to announce legislation proposing a Waterfront Brownfields Revitalization Act that would provide grants and other assistance to local governments and nonprofits trying to redevelop sites such as this. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-Fairport, who was unable to attend, introduced similar legislation in the House in early 2008.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120914/NEWS01/309140033/

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