Special advertising section on Ground Zero recovery

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■ i I I i clean-up of the nation's nuclear weapons facilities, with high- planned for our major cities. High-rise public housing units

i ly specialized work being conducted at the Hanford that have outlived their usefulness and have become a detri­ Reservation in Washington State, the Rocky Mountain merit to their occupants are imploded to make way for better /.iv-'.r •

Ki. ''"T"' I Arsenal In Colorado, the Oak Ridge Laboratories In Tennessee, and the Savannah River facility in South Carolina. Similarly, demolition companies are helping the commercial housing for the nations' poor. As economies grow, commercial structures are gutted in preparation for redevelopment as modern office space. I K ■W nuclear power Industry renovate and upgrade their power-gen- Massive urban initiatives like the "Big Dig” In Boston, B'T„jLs erating facilities across the country. Philadelphia's Urban Blight Initiative, and the revitalization of Recently, President Bush signed a bill that authorized the New York City’s Times Square are revolutionizing the way peo- Ri'- expenditure of $200 million each year for the next six years pie look at our cities. • i to deal with the rehabilitation of some 36, gm sites delisted w from the CERCLA National Priority List. These 'Brownfields’ This Special Advertising Section was written by Michael f- can be something as small as an abandoned gas station with Taylor. He can teached at 800-541-2412.

a leaking underground tank or an industrial fecility that once !•- "" '» I,*, * housed an electroplating plant. The remediation of these ^4-,' « sites Is part of a national strategy to promote the renewal "ii ■1 It,' rban industrial sites that will produce new jobs and revi- 6

II ki , ' W tallze the nation’s inner cities. The clean-up of these ,,1^ “Brownfields’ is the work of the nation's demolition con- 1 LW II tractors—who have the expertise, people and equipment A necessary to decontaminate these sites and prepare them N A M - S . .J for profitable reuse. '4 Industrial sites are being cleared In preparation for the I -4 development of new, more efficient plants. Blitted urban ■ '’®’Shborhoods are removed as part of urban renaissances

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