Gloversville获得了150万美元的国家资金,用于清理和重新开发一个被一场火灾摧毁的场址,该火灾杀死了一家历史性的手套工厂。
Gloversville secured $1.5 million in state funding to clean up and redevelop a site destroyed by a fire that killed a historic glove factory.
在Gloversville的具有历史意义的Fownes兄弟手套公司大楼和另外两栋大楼被烧毁五个月后,该市获得了150万美元的国家赠款,用于清理该场地,并为重新开发做好准备。
Five months after a fire destroyed the historic Fownes Brothers Glove Co. building and two others in Gloversville, the city secured a $1.5 million state grant to clean up the site and prepare it for redevelopment.
经由州住房和社区更新部批准的资金超过了通常的限额, 并将通过HRP Associates获得合同来支持招标文件的准备.
The funding, approved by the state Department of Housing and Community Renewal, exceeds the usual limit and will support bid document preparation through a contract awarded to HRP Associates.
该场址长期以来是振兴的障碍,一度曾是手套制造中心,虽然认为污染不大可能,但仍未经证实。
The site, long a barrier to revitalization, was once a center of glove manufacturing, and while contamination is considered unlikely, it remains unconfirmed.
这起火灾将一座四层建筑夷为废墟,导致一名17岁的嫌疑人被捕,但调查仍在进行。
The fire, which reduced a four-story building to rubble, led to the arrest of a 17-year-old suspect, but the investigation is ongoing.
居民欢迎清理工作,认为该项目是50年来第一个重大的重新开发机会。
Residents welcome the cleanup, seeing the project as the first major redevelopment chance in 50 years.