[CPEO-BIF] "Temple [Texas] planning botanical gardens at Bend of the River"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Temple planning botanical gardens at Bend of the River

BY SALLY GRACE HOLTGRIEVE
Temple Daily Telegram (TX)
October 9, 2015 

The city of Temple received a $150,000 grant that will provide funding toward the development of a master plan for botanical gardens at the Bend of the River park.

Temple is one of seven recipients in the country to receive Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 2015 funding. The grant program’s initiative is to protect human health during the expansion, redevelopment and reuse of Brownfield sites in the U.S.

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“The contamination at the future botanical garden site is very minimal,” General Services Manager Ashley Williams said. “We had it approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for use in its current condition, but for safety reasons and to be general good stewards of the land we want to remove the contamination.” Williams said metals were found in the soil due to the housing insulation factory across the river.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_15f115d4-6efa-11e5-8150-4f80c391e969.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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