By PHIL ATTINGER
News Chief (FL)
November 4, 2010
BARTOW - The Thompson & Co. Cigar Factory may have its chance to live again. The Polk County Commission voted Wednesday to give the city of Bartow 180 days to do assessments to determine what sort of environmental cleanup the site will need. If the city can do preliminary assessments by that time, then the county will convey the entire site - the building and the land - to the city. If not, Assistant County Manager Jim Freeman said, the county has a demolition permit and could go ahead and tear the building down [MORE].
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