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Mar. 5, 2009 - Koppers - Sunday March 8 at the Parkview Baptist Church

March 4, 2009

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

A special meeting of the Gainesville City Commission will be held at City Hall on Monday, March 9 at 1 PM to discuss changing the Future Land Use designation on the Koppers Superfund Cleanup Site to something other than the current Industrial land use—with the possibility of potential redevelopment of the 90-acre parcel to residential and mixed-use development sometime in the future.

The Koppers site was designated a Federal Superfund Cleanup Site over 25 years ago.  There has still been no cleanup of the site—with numerous, significant undesirable consequences.

The discussion will heavily involve the Record of Decision soon to be issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.  The Record of Decision will dictate the level of cleanup required on the site by the “responsible parties”—either to residential or industrial cleanup standards.  A representative from USEPA will be at the meeting.

This will be a pivotal meeting regarding the long overdue cleanup of this site and the future potential redevelopment of the parcel to a more compatible and environmentally friendly use in the future.

This will be the only issue on the agenda.

If these matters are of concern to you, please attend the March 9 meeting.  It is important for people to simply be there, whether you choose to speak or not.

There will be a preparatory meeting for interested persons at 2 PM on Sunday March 8 at the Parkview Baptist Church Voting room.

Thank you for your support,

Robert Pearce

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In 1983 Neighborhood Housing Services, in cooperation with the City of Gainesville, began a revitalization effort in the community that is now known as the Stephen Foster Neighborhood. This revitalization effort had many facets, first and foremost was to create a sense of community. Neighborhood signs were posted, community events planned, and neighborhood cleanups scheduled. Recently there have been creek clean ups and Neighborhood Night Out walks to unify us with our neighbors.

Since property owners have a more vested interest in the neighborhood, programs were developed and funded to assist families with the purchase of first homes in the neighborhood. Over the years since the first family moved into the neighborhood, this program changed the face of this community. An area that was made up primarily of rental homes is now a diverse community of homeowners and long term leasers.

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