[CPEO-BIF] Bermite site (Santa Clarita, CA) as brownfield

[Lenny Siegel]

Discovering the Potential for Filling the Donut Hole

Commentary by Tim Myers
The Santa Clarita Valley Signal (CA)
October 1, 2006

Fourth in an occasional series.

Some people describe obscure facts and figures utilizing the term 
"inside baseball." Like strange baseball statistics, only a sliver of 
fans actually know and recite them; the rest scratch their heads. Still, 
their knowledge marks the true and deep baseball fan from the ordinary.

Similarly, in the SCV, acquaintance with the term "donut hole" sets one 
apart from the ordinary citizen with respect to real estate and land 
use, and the trifecta of real estate stories first published on June 23, 
2006, in The Mighty Signal dealt specifically with the donut hole - the 
historic Bermite property.

The Bermite property sits in the approximate center of the city on 
roughly 1,000 acres behind the Saugus Speedway and the Santa Clarita 
Metrolink Station. Termed the "donut hole" because, from the air, it 
appears like the hole in the donut of the developed city of Santa 
Clarita and the greater Santa Clarita Valley, the property has stood 
fallow since 1987.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=33187&format=html

-- 
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org