2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:58:19 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Grand Blanc, Michigan "to plug GM site at Brownfield conference"
 
Twp, city to plug GM site at Brownfield conference

BY PAULA BARBEE
Grand Blanc View (MI)
April 18, 2013

GRAND BLANC TWP. - Brownfield is a term which used to apply to an area previously occupied by a permanent structure and possibly polluted by industrial waste.

The term is less popular these days and is now more focused on economic redevelopment, which is definitely a term Genesee County is familiar with, especially in light of the recent decision by General Motors (GM) to leave Grand Blanc.

Township and city officials are not sitting on their hands however, even if it means making a policy exception which prohibits out of town conferences. The policy was part of a cost-cutting move on the part of the township recently, but the conference, to be held in Atlanta, GA, mid-May, is going to be a hot spot for community leaders looking to push their site as the one to be redeveloped, and both the City Manager Paul Brake and Township Superintendent Keith Edwards, plan to "sell" GM to prospective buyers.

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For the entire article, see
http://grandblancview.mihomepaper.com/news/2013-04-18/Front_Page/ Twp_city_to_plug_GM_site_at_Brownfield_conference.html

You may need to copy and paste the link.

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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