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lansingchamber.org ADVOCACY

Don’t Make a Bigger Mess of Michigan’s Contaminated Sites

he Retain Brownfield & Urban on legislators to drop this plan and instead
Investment Laws for Development focus on brownfield redevelopment policies
T(#RebuildMI) is a coalition united to incentivize more private investment in
in opposing deceptively named “Polluter housing, office, manufacturing and retail
Pay” legislation that is unnecessary and will space development on these currently
simply make a mess of Michigan’s current unusable sites in our urban centers and
brownfield redevelopment laws. more.

Local governments and businesses in The Great Lakes Growth Coalition (GLG)
the Rebuild MI coalition agree that these is led by Michigan’s leading pro-growth
proposals are bad for Michigan’s future. business organizations and supported
Instead of redeveloping and rejuvenating by countless additional groups, job
the historic districts of our cities and former industrial creators and individuals under four specific issue-
sites, these misleading proposals will grind many hopeful based coalitions: contamination site management,
redevelopment proposals into the ground. independent contractors, benefit mandates and local
economic regulations.
SB 605-611 and HB 5241-5247 are an attack on Michigan’s
successful and responsible brownfield redevelopment GLG’s founding members include the Michigan Chamber
policies. They will discourage the clean-up and of Commerce, Michigan Manufacturers Association, Detroit
redevelopment of these sites by setting unattainable one- Regional Chamber, Grand Rapids Chamber, Michigan
size-fits-all standards that increase red tape and push Bankers Association, West Michigan Policy Forum and the
costs beyond what is attainable. The Rebuild MI is calling Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce. l

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