FOR IMMEDIATERELEASE

GOLDMETALRECYCLERS
AND DALLASCIry LEADERSUNVEILCONCEPTUAL
PLANSTO
REJUVENATEANDBEAUTIFY
SEVEN-BLOCK AREAALONGSOUTHLAMAR
GoldMetal Rgcyctercpledges to partnerwith city of Dallasand coltaborate
with
neighborhood leaders,churches andcivic groups on improvementplan
DALLAS(November7,20101-Dallas-based andfamily-owned Gold MetalRecyclers,
privately the largest
ownedmetalrecyclingorganization
in thisareaof the country,unveiled
to rejuvenate cbnceptual planstoday
a seven-blockareaalongsouthLamarstreet,workingin partnership withthe city of Dallas
andin collaboration
with_areabusinesses,neighborhood citizens,
h6meowners,
churches'Joinedby DallasMayorTom Leppert;Mayorpro rem owalne oiganizations and
ciriiay; councilwoman
GarofynR. Davis,whorepresents whorepresents oiJtrict7 andthe south Lama
TennellAtkins,chairof the Mayor'sTaskForceon southerns""tol"Economicr area;Gouncilman
opportunities;
councilmanRon Natinsky,chairof the Economic Development committee; and'neighborhood leaders,
theannouncement cameduringan afternoon barbecue hosiedby GoldMetalRecyclers
nearbychurchgoers, for neighbors,
customers andemployees.
"SouthLamarhasbeenour_home for 35 years,andGoldMetalRecyclers wantsto givebackby
suggesting a newplanto rejuvenate the neighborhoodintoa beautiful,
vibrantplaceto liveandwork,,,
saidKennyGoldberg' co-founderof GoldMetalRecyclers. "Wewantto worktogether
andthe city to createa pedestrian-friendly, withourneighbors
mixed-uieneighborhoodwith ameniiiesfor everyoneto
enjoy."

Dallasarchitecturalfirm
VAlArchitects hascreatedconceptual designs
thatpropose an organic, mixed-
use,walkable development alongSouthLamar,complete withstreetamenities
pedestrian suchas parkbenches,
generous
lighting, sidewalks,bikeracksandbusstops,alongwithstreet-levetshops,
galleries
andrestaurants. art
lt willalsooffernewresidentialconcepts whilemaintainingthe integrityof a
single-family
homeneighborhood. Conceptual plansalsoincludebeautifying theex"eriorof Gold Metal
Recyclersby transformingil intoa parkJikesettingthroughthe useof meandering
landscaping, sidewalks,
metalsculptures andthe additionofin attrictivelimestone
wall alongthefrontof its
premises.

"Thisproposed plancouldserveas an important stimulusto theSouthLamararea,andwe hopetheir

initiative
willinspireothersto investin the SouthDallascommunity,,,said
personal
CouncilmanAtkins.,,ona
note,I alsoappreciate KennyandNeilforjumping at the chanceto co-sponsorthe
HopeFor
Haitifundraiser at pauleuinncollegeafterdisasteirrittn tiaiti."
I n.additionto beingnamedthisweekby The DaltasMorning/vewsas one
of Dallas,Top 100 placesTo
work, GoldMetalwas recentlylistedby the Dal/asBusrnesiJournatastrre
zdili;d privatetyowned
company in Dallas.

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Bornandraisedin Dallas,brothers KennyandNeilGoldberg foundedthe company in 1976withjustthree

employees whoboughtandsotdscrapmetalon a quarter-acre lot on SouthLamar. Thirty-five years
later,t-hefamily-ownedbusinesshasexpandedto morethan350 employees at seven facilities.
different
At its SouthLamarlocation,the companyoperateson 40 acresandemploys200 people,with nearlyhalf
- atmost100- livingin SouthDallasandOakCliff.Sevenmembers of theGoldberg familycurrently
workforthe company, includingKennyand Robert,
father,
Neil's who grew up in South Dallasand
attended ForestAvenue High (now
School known as JamesA. Madison HighSchool).

"Ascouncilmemberfor District 7, I applaudGoldMetalfor its longstanding historyin the SouthDallas

Community.In addition,I appreciate thattheyprovide jobs andaddto our localtax
for localresidents
base,"saidDallasCityCouncilwoman CarolynR. Davis. we movetowarda greeneconomy,
'As Gold
Metalplaysa criticalrolein the recyclingeffortsin the DallasMetroplex."
clientsrangefromlhousandsof individual
GoldMetalRecyclers' Io The
sellersandsmallbusinesses,
Morning
Dattas Newsand nationaland companies,
international such as Vought
Raytheon, and
Aircraft
Alcoa Aluminum.Mostrecently,GoldMetal recycled from
materials Texas Stadium,ReunionArena and
bleachers
the 75,000aluminum fromthe CottonBowlstadium.

Thefamily-owned businessprocesses morethan500 millionpoundstotalof ferrousand nonferrous

metalsperyear,including 500millionrecycled aluminum cansperyear. GoldMetalRecyclers keeps
thesematerials outof tanORtts,savesenergycosts by reusingthesematerialsin manufacturing,and
helps
significanily preventglobal climate change. Recyclingreducesa range of pollutants
fromentering
the airandwater.TheU.S.'sscraprecycling transforms
industry 150milliontonsof scrapmetal.
Approximately of
two-thirds all metalused in has
manufacturing beenrecycled.GoldMetalcontinues to
to the U.S.economy,
be integral globaltrade,andresource sustainability.

"NotonlyhasGoldMetalprovided hundreds of jobsandbolstered oureconomyby millions of dollars,but

they'reveryrespected saidCouncilman
in iheirindustry," "That's
Natinsky. why
that's theirclientsinclude
m"jor likeRaytheon andVoughtAircraft ... andwhy theywereselectedto handle high-profile
"o*-panies
projectslikeTexasStadiumand bleachers from the Cotton Bowl."

Throughtheyears,GoldMetalhasmadecontributions to hundreds andorganizations,

of charities
the
including Black
Dallas Chamber of Commerce, DallaslSD,DallasChildren's BookFair,Juvenile
DiabeteiResearch Foundation,TheJewishCommunity Center,DallasBlackFirefighters and
Association
manymore. Mostrecently,GoldMetalcosponsored the Dal/as:Hope For Haiti event
relief and
and underwrote
resuirected the Cityof Dallas'FairParkFourthfireworksevent. GoldMetalemployees
alsoworkas "earth-friendly to teachthe community
activists" aboutthe importance of recycling.
,,GoldMetalhasbeena goodneighbor fromthe start.Justrecently,whenthe City'sFairParkFourth
was
celebration tney
cancelleO, saved it by providing
the fundsto make said MayorProTem
it happen,"
Caraway."TheGoldbergfamilyhasa historyof givingto the community goingdecadesback,to
fromscholarinipsand internships
everything for MadisonHighSchoolstudentsto supportfor Dallas
BlackDanceTheatre"

evenvolunteered
GoldMetalemployees theirowntimeto cleanup SouthLamarStreetandhauledaway
morethan500poundsof trashfromthe neighborhood.
*Mymotherandfatherattendedelementaryandhighschoolwithinminutesof GoldMetalRecyclers.
We,rea family on
based
business andwe careabouttheSouthLamarneighborhood,"
values,
family said
NeilGoldberg."Wetreatouremployees likeourfamily.Whenwe take
andneighbors careof one
another,we all succeed."

GoldMetalRecyclers go to
is locatedat 4305S. LamarSt.,Dallas,Texas(75215).Formoreinformation,
comor call214-421-0247
goldmetal.