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Property Details for Former Norway Chair Factory


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15918
1927 School Street Norway, MI 49870
2.3
053-610-032-00
45.785278 / -87.888056
1
Gustafson, Todd
tgustafson@dickinsonchamber.com
906-774-2002


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Dickinson County Brownfield Redevelopment AuthorityBF96561001MIAssessment2004


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment09/30/200409/30/2004Dickinson County Brownfield Redevelopment AuthorityNFY06
Phase I Environmental Assessment$1.0003/01/200503/01/2005Dickinson County Brownfield Redevelopment AuthorityYFY06
Phase II Environmental Assessment$1.0004/01/200504/01/2005Dickinson County Brownfield Redevelopment AuthorityN
Supplemental Assessment04/14/200504/14/2005Dickinson County Brownfield Redevelopment AuthorityN


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $2.00
Leveraged Funding: $49,615.12
Total Funding: $49,617.12


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.


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Contaminants and Media


Lead
Other Metals
PAHS
Cleaned Up
Cleaned Up
Cleaned Up
Soil
Cleaned Up


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Cleanup Activities

Start DateEPA FundingCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Cleanup Documentation
09/30/200509/30/2005Dickinson County Brownfield Redevelopment AuthorityNo


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented:
Cleanup/Treatement Categories:
Addl Cleanup/Treatment info:
Address of Data Source:
Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 2.3
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged:
EPA Cleanup Funding:
Leveraged Funding: $1,678.87
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding: $1,678.87


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
Actual Acreage of Greenspace Created:
Leveraged Funding:


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation – Redevelopment


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Additional Property Attributes

This project involved demolishing a former manufacturing facility and cleaning up the metals contaminated soils found on the property. The facility contained several abandoned containers of supplies and chemicals which were inventoried, placed in laboratory packs, and disposed of. The primary work on the property was funded by MDEQ-ESSD Brownfields Grant. In order to allow the project to move forward without liability for the new owners, Baseline Environmental Assessments (BEAs) were performed. US EPA grant monies were used to conduct a BEA for the Neighborhood Partnership Program which will be responsible for redevelopment. The redevelopment of the property will be as residential property. An agreement in principle has been reached with a developer to build a senior housing condominiums. The tax value of the property will increase from a negative value while the Chair Factory will still be erected to over $300,000 once the initial phase of condominium construction is complete.

Former Use: School(1899 through 1932) The original building was constructed in 1899 as a one-story two-room school building, known as the "Lake School" at the subject property. A one-room addition to the original building in 1902. In 1910, the original building was torn down and an existing six-room two-story building was constructed. The building housed the Lake School until 1932. Garment Factory (mid- 1940s through late-1950s) The two-story bulding remainded idle until immediately after World War II, when it was convered for light manufacturing by Needlecraft, a Clothing Manufacturer as a garment production location. Needlecraft Clothing Manufacturer operated in the two-story brick building between the mid-1940s through the late- 1950s. In the late-1950s, an addition was constructed on the west of the original two-story brick building, referred to in this report as the west wing addition. Furniture Factory (early- 1960s through mid- 1990s) The property again remained vacant until Woodworking Specialties, Inc. (Norway Chair Factory) operated from early-1960s to mid-1990s when the business was abandonned. Abandonned (mid- 1990's to current) Mr. Thomas Thompson of Whitehall, Michigan acquired the property at a tax auction in 2003. Mr. Thompson's quick claim deeded the property to the City of Norway, who in turn deeded it to the Neighborhood Patnership Program of Dickinson County. , garment and furniture factory,


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