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Residents voice concern about developing on possibly contaminated land

BELMONT, N.C. — About two dozen officials and residents attended a meeting in Belmont over a possible contaminated mill site.

An old dye mill dumped toxic chemicals for years on the land along Linestowe Drive.

Developers will get a 50 percent property tax cut if they clean up the toxins.

Residents voiced their concerns about building on top of that land and are asking a judge to put everything on hold until after next week’s elections.

That will allow them to possibly vote in new council members who would cancel the project.