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flag Gloversville secured $1.5 million in state funding to clean up and redevelop a site destroyed by a fire that killed a historic glove factory.

flag Five months after a fire destroyed the historic Fownes Brothers Glove Co. building and two others in Gloversville, the city secured a $1.5 million state grant to clean up the site and prepare it for redevelopment. flag The funding, approved by the state Department of Housing and Community Renewal, exceeds the usual limit and will support bid document preparation through a contract awarded to HRP Associates. flag The site, long a barrier to revitalization, was once a center of glove manufacturing, and while contamination is considered unlikely, it remains unconfirmed. flag The fire, which reduced a four-story building to rubble, led to the arrest of a 17-year-old suspect, but the investigation is ongoing. flag Residents welcome the cleanup, seeing the project as the first major redevelopment chance in 50 years.

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