Camden cleanup aided by stimulus | Philadelphia Inquirer

The stimulus money will allow the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to direct all $16 million in the annual budget toward Gloucester City, including a project next month near the football and baseball fields along Johnson Boulevard.

\”EPA believes that the cleanup of the General Gas Mantle property will serve as a catalyst for redevelopment of the area,\” spokeswoman Elizabeth Totman said. \”It\’s also, clearly, accelerating the time frame of the overall cleanup of the site.\”

In the early 20th century, Welsbach in Gloucester City was America\’s largest manufacturer of gas mantles, a precursor to the lightbulb.

via www.philly.com