La Crosse approves $1.7 million in funding for affordable housing, neighborhoods
March 10, 2021 10:43 AM Jourdan Vian
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKJBT) La Crosse on Wednesday launched a new affordable housing loan fund to provide up to $800,000 in loans city-wide to developers interested in creating new affordable multi-family housing.
The Community Development Committee Tuesday approved polices and procedures for the program, made possible after the La Crosse Common Council approved $1.7 million in tax increment financing for this program, as well as one dedicated to the acquisition and demolition of blighted properties in distressed areas of the city to make way for new market-rate housing.
City of La Crosse sues chemical companies for contaminating wells near the airport
Mayor Tim Kabat says the chemical companies, not the city, are responsible for the PFAS contamination and clean-up
March 4, 2021 6:38 PM Amy DuPont
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LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT)- The City of La Crosse is suing nearly two dozen chemical companies it blames for contaminating dozens of wells near the airport. The wells are contaminated with dangerous compounds called PFAS. The man-made chemicals was used to produce the firefighting foam sprayed at the La Crosse Airport for decades.
According to the city’s tests, PFAS in that foam spread through the groundwater, and into two city wells and more than 100 private wells in the Town of Campbell. The PFAS levels in more than 40 wells are so high, the water is unsafe to drink, cook with, or use to brush your teeth.
TOWN OF CAMPBELL, Wis. (WKBT)- Town of Campbell supervisors are angry; calling the mayor of La Crosse’s response to an official town request unprofessional. The town asked Mayor Tim Kabat to test all French Island wells for a dangerous compound.
There is a right way and a wrong way to treat your neighbor. Town of Campbell Supervisor, Lee Donahue says the City of La Crosse chose the latter. “They are not doing all they can. They need to test every well and provide safe drinking water to every resident now.”, says Donahue.
The City of La Crosse is testing some parts of French Island for a dangerous compound called PFAS. The man-made chemical has been linked to infertility, thyroid disease, and cancer. PFAS was used to produce the fire-fighting foam sprayed at the La Crosse Airport, that according to the city’s own tests spread, to more than 100 private wells. There may be more. We don’t know how many, because the City of La Crosse refuses to test the entire island.
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