SEE ONLINE: Environmental Study of Fridley's FMC Site
A public comment period is open through Jan. 23, 2013, on the study sparked by a redevelopment plan for the munitions-plant site now home to BAE Systems.
Read the Draft Alternative Urban Area-wide Review (AUAR) Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) Scoping Document for the redevelopment of 122 acres at the former FMC Munitions Facility property (along East River Road, in Fridley's southwest corner). The document describes the proposed redevelopment of the site for industrial, office and even retail uses: Redevelopment of the site is planned to begin in late 2013 with construction of up to three buildings in the location of the existing southern parking lot (an 84,000 square foot office showroom building, a 99,900 square foot office/warehouse building, and a 200,000 square foot bulk warehouse building). Redevelopment of the northern parking lot would occur next in 2014 with the …
