2015 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 23:23:48 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Interwoven Mills, Martinsburg, West Virginia
 
Brownfields assessment work to begin in early January in Martinsburg


by Matthew Umstead
Hagerstown Herald Mail (MD)
December 19, 2015 
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Environmental investigation and other work to spur revitalization of blighted industrial properties in Martinsburg that once were major cogs in the city's economy is expected to begin in early January and continue for about a year or more.

The Martinsburg Mills & Rail Corridor Revitalization Brownfields Project is being funded by $400,000 that was awarded to the city in May by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Interwoven Mills has sat mostly vacant since it closed in 1976. The 7.16-acre manufacturing site off West King Street and Porter Avenue once housed the world's largest men's sock-producing operation and was Martinsburg's largest employer for decades, according to historic accounts.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/tri_state/west_virginia/brownfields-assessment-work-to-begin-in-early-january-in-martinsburg/article_62d4640a-a69f-11e5-bbca-b32afc8781ee.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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