From © Flint Journal
By Ron Fonger
FLINT -- Buick City is in line to get part of $800 million in federal funds aimed at cleaning up former General Motors plants nationwide.
A spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee, D-Flint, confirmed the inclusion of Buick City in the program but said further details of the plan were not immediately available.
The White House announced the plan this morning.
Erin Donar, communications director for Kildee, told The Flint Journal funding is included for Buick City in the plan.
In a news release, Edward Montgomery, executive director of the White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers, said, the program "will help significantly speed the redevelopment of more than 90 old GM facilities, creating jobs and helping auto communities across the country move toward a better future."
Economic development officials here have said developers have interest in turning the former Buick City site into a rail-to-truck intermodal hub but have held off on those plans bec