10/29/12
Before men with chainsaws were hired to scare teenagers, the site threatened to harm innocent onlookers with only a few soil samples. Lead and asbestos had leaked into the ground from exterior paint and underground pipes over the years. Eventually, state officials declared the site a brownfield in 2007.
At that same time, Troy Mortensen was in the middle of purchasing the Normal School property from the city of Albion. “We knew the site was a brownfield when we bought it, but the contamination removal was not near as difficult like removing oils or chemicals,” he said. “But it was an extensive process.”
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