2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 05:59:51 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Iowa "Cities missing out when cleaning land"
 
Cities missing out when cleaning land

by MacKenzie Elmer
Special to IowaWatch
Iowa City Press-Citizen
September 16, 2012

About 4,000 potentially contaminated and abandoned parcels of land across Iowa could be flipped for economic development, but hardly any will use government money that exists for such a cleanup.

Iowa cities and counties are not tapping into programs that would pay the costs of cleaning up these blighted, brownfield areas. Some city councils and others in local government leadership do not even know the programs exist, an IowaWatch investigation revealed.

When they do, many avoid the federal government’s brownfield cleanup program because applying for a grant has proved to be a daunting task. A paid consultant usually is needed to wade through the dense, time-consuming - but required - paperwork. In addition, many cities and towns do not have the money needed to apply.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20120916/NEWS01/309160002/Cities- missing-out-when-cleaning-land

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