2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:27:17 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Chevy in the Hole, Flint, Michigan
 
'Chevy in the Hole' from Brownfield to green space


By CHRISTOPHER ESSENMACHER
Michigan Times
April 15, 2013

General Motors plants once stood just northwest of downtown, between Kearsley St. and University Ave. in a geographically depressed area deemed "Chevy in the Hole." This sub-area of Flint's Master Plan has hopes of eventually becoming a student-centered space, with intentions of revitalizing the seemingly lost pathway between the two universities.

"As a corridor between Kettering and [UM-Flint], there's all this talk about how we can better link these universities, and that's why it's called ‘university corridor.' That was intentionally changed to kind of create a connection between the universities, and have what would be bike paths and housing for some Kettering students and some [UM-Flint] students," Lead Planner of the Genesee County Land Bank Christina Kelly said.

Since the city acquired the property almost a decade ago, legal issues have slowed remediation. Recent progress in those legal issues granted $1.6 million for the preliminary stages of development by the EPA. The Genesee County Land bank will be handling the remediation over the next several years, following multiple guidelines or do-care processes outlined by the EPA.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.themichigantimes.com/article/2013/04/chevy-in-the-hole- from-brownfield-to-green-space

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Lenny Siegel
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