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Developer seeks city to serve as grantee for TDEC brownfield assessment grant at former Aramark site
Summary
A developer told the Shelbyville council at a Sept. 2 study session that his company has been awarded a $100,000 Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) assessment grant for the former Aramark building at 1315 Madison Street and seeks the city’s permission to act as the grant grantee so state funds can flow through the city.
Cody Huddleston, who identified himself as vice president of Velacher Development Group, told the Shelbyville mayor and city council at their Sept. 2 study session that his company has a property under contract at 1315 Madison Street and has been awarded a $100,000 assessment grant from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) for environmental work at the former Aramark building.
Huddleston said the grant covers environmental assessment steps including a Phase I review (already completed), and that the next steps would include a Phase II investigation, core drilling and geotechnical work. He said TTL, his environmental consultant, is budgeting the Phase II work at about $50,000 and that total costs are expected to…
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