A Concept Plan to Recycle Contaminated Commercial and Industrial Properties While Providing Experience to WMU Students COPYRIGHT 1993 SPUNKY DUCK PRESS A Note from the Author, Dok Tael Stevens I graduated from an interdisciplinary program at Western Michigan University. I felt that this concept plan was not only the culmination of my education, but a gift to the Kalamazoo community. I wanted to call it "Renew Kalamazoo"... but at the time, I was running for a seat on the Kalamazoo City Commission, and my campaign manager told me to give it a long name that couldn't be turned into an acronym so they'd be forced to call it "The Stevens Plan." And they did. Shortly thereafter, I dropped out of the commission race to avoid silly ideas like that. The important goal was to get the ideas across. I owe many thanks to Ed Annen for opening doors for me that would have otherwise been closed, introducing me to business people willing to listen to a naive graduate student with a bunch of wild ideas about recycling abandoned contaminated properties. The concept plan works. The City of Kalamazoo implemented it - although not in its entirety as I had proposed it - but after my campaign and the presentation of this concept plan, "brownfield" was the new buzzword, and every local politician was trying to jump on the 'land recycling" bandwagon. I feel the launch of the idea was a success. Table of Contents Grid Pattern Liability Recruiting Student Participation Economy and Employment Competition with Existing Environmental Consulting Firms Community Corporate Fundint Local Philanthropic Donations Government Assistance Research Grants and Scholarships Appendices Appendix I: WMU can still use research park to aid community, Dok Tael Stevens, Viewpoint, Kalamazoo Gazette: June 7, 1993 Appendix II: Suggested Hydrogeology Research Projects Appendix III: Resources at Western Michigan University's Geology Department and the Institute of Water Sciences (as of December 1993) Appendix IV: Overview of Remedial Methods Appendix V: Selected Bibliography of Remediation Techniques These pages are under construction. Please check back for more information to be posted soon. |
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A Concept Plan to Recycle Contaminated Commercial and Industrial Properties While Providing Experience to WMU Students COPYRIGHT 1993 SPUNKY DUCK PRESS A Note from the Author, Dok Tael Stevens I graduated from an interdisciplinary program at Western Michigan University. I felt that this concept plan was not only the culmination of my education, but a gift to the Kalamazoo community. I wanted to call it "Renew Kalamazoo"... but at the time, I was running for a seat on the Kalamazoo City Commission, and my campaign manager told me to give it a long name that couldn't be turned into an acronym so they'd be forced to call it "The Stevens Plan." And they did. Shortly thereafter, I dropped out of the commission race to avoid silly ideas like that. The important goal was to get the ideas across. I owe many thanks to Ed Annen for opening doors for me that would have otherwise been closed, introducing me to business people willing to listen to a naive graduate student with a bunch of wild ideas about recycling abandoned contaminated properties. The concept plan works. The City of Kalamazoo implemented it - although not in its entirety as I had proposed it - but after my campaign and the presentation of this concept plan, "brownfield" was the new buzzword, and every local politician was trying to jump on the 'land recycling" bandwagon. I feel the launch of the idea was a success. Table of Contents Grid Pattern Liability Recruiting Student Participation Economy and Employment Competition with Existing Environmental Consulting Firms Community Corporate Fundint Local Philanthropic Donations Government Assistance Research Grants and Scholarships Appendices Appendix I: WMU can still use research park to aid community, Dok Tael Stevens, Viewpoint, Kalamazoo Gazette: June 7, 1993 Appendix II: Suggested Hydrogeology Research Projects Appendix III: Resources at Western Michigan University's Geology Department and the Institute of Water Sciences (as of December 1993) Appendix IV: Overview of Remedial Methods Appendix V: Selected Bibliography of Remediation Techniques These pages are under construction. Please check back for more information to be posted soon. |
