Thursday, February 16, 2012

Midland city manager: Proposal to buy contaminated properties could offer finality to community's dioxin issue

The city's top official said he hopes Dow Chemical Co.'s proposal to buy contaminated properties from 50 homeowners – who could sell their properties voluntarily – offers closure to the community's dioxin issue. “It appears this program would offer that,” said Jon Lynch, Midland's city manager since 2006. “This kind of concept, we're very comfortable with as a municipality.” Lynch would not speculate on how many homeowners may sell their properties to the chemical company, which then would donate the land to development firm Midland Tomorrow for redevelopment.

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