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GIADA CARDOLETTI, SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
04-27-2003

Garfield moving to salvage contaminated sites
By GIADA CARDOLETTI, SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
Date: 04-27-2003, Sunday
Section: LOCAL
Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday
Ran in Passaic edition only

GARFIELD - It may not be long before barren, contaminated sites are consigned to the city's past.

Transforming brownfields - as contaminated vacant sites are loosely termed - into tax-producing properties is Mayor Frank J. Calandriello's newest mission.

The first sign of progress came last week, when the state's Brownfields Redevelopment Task Force selected Garfield to hold one of its six annual meetings. The task force, composed of ...

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