[CPEO-BIF] Union Park, Las Vegas, Nevada

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Las Vegas Readies Brownfield For Green Revitalization

By Gary Carter & Daniel Burns,
Environmental Protection Magazine
November 21, 2008

Union Park in downtown Las Vegas is one of the most ambitious brownfield 
redevelopment programs in the country. The project aims to convert more 
than 61 acres of a former rail yard and maintenance facility into a 
green urban destination -- complete with a towering skyline.

In fact, the estimated $6-billion project is the only one in Nevada to 
be accepted into the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for 
Neighborhood Development (LEED®-ND) national pilot program and has 
recently been awarded Gold certification status under stage 2 by the 
U.S. Green Building Council.

The success of Union Park depends on the cleanup of petroleum-impacted 
soils. "The city of Las Vegas has long recognized the potential of the 
Union Park site as a catalyst to downtown redevelopment," said Scott D. 
Adams, the city's director of business development. "That’s why site 
cleanup has always been a top priority. It’s allowing us to reclaim the 
very heart of our city and to put downtown Las Vegas on the map with the 
city’s most impressive collection of important civic, medical, and 
cultural facilities."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.eponline.com/articles/69475/

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



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