Historic Cigar Factory Clears Another Hurdle

(The Ledger) Bartow's historic cigar factory cleared another hurdle toward restoration this week when the City Commission approved it for a brownfield designation.

The site at 235 N. Third Ave. qualifies as a result of environmental contamination inside the vacant factory by animals and pigeons, making it eligible for funding to mitigate that contamination.

Now that the city has approved the designation, city administrators can begin working with engineers and the state Department of Environmental Protection to draft a plan for cleaning up the two-acre site. Continued