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Brownfield Redevelopment of Historic LaFollette Post Office
From 1936 to 2008 the former U.S. Post Office in La Follette, Tennessee was home to commercial buildings that were used for retail, warehousing, wagon storage and as stables. During the 1950s, the basement of the historic building functioned as a bomb shelter for the city. From 2008 to 2013, the building sat vacant when…
Brownfield Redevelopment of Former Ford Plant in Wixom, Michigan
The Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Wixom functioned for 50 years before ending operations in 2007. When demolition activities began in 2013, only rubble from former concrete building foundations, driveways, and building slabs areas remained, along with several former pit and basement areas. For years the Wixom Ford Assembly Plant was Ford Motor Company’s…