[CPEO-BIF] "Car lot owners redevelop rundown former gas station" in Huntington, West Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Car lot owners redevelop rundown former gas station

By BRANDON ROBERTS 
 Huntington Herald-Dispatch (WV)


HUNTINGTON - Inside an old gas station at 2802 3rd Ave. in Huntington, it was if as time has stood still.

The former Sunoco has sat empty for around 20 years - one of the derelict properties sporadically sprinkled throughout Huntington that no longer served any useful purpose.

The property was an eyesore. On its walls were remnants of years of vandalism and neglect. A gathering place for drug activity and other crime, the property, just as many others like it, lowered the value of neighboring real estate.

Concerns about what pollutants are underground often make potential buyers leery of trying to find a new use for such properties.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/business/car-lot-owners-redevelop-rundown-former-gas-station/article_eeb02b3a-38e2-5fb4-965f-9185b1080bf6.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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