[CPEO-BIF] "Park Tudor transforms toxic lot into playground, " Indianapolis, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

THINKING OF OTHERS
Park Tudor transforms toxic lot into playground

By Andy Gammill
Indianapolis Star (IN)
December 24, 2009

The idea sounded simple: Help an elementary school in the inner city 
build a playground.

Park Tudor School students knew that was the project they wanted to do, 
but it didn't turn out to be so simple. The land at the charter school 
they aimed to help turned out to be a brownfield with toxic soil.

So instead of spending a few days installing playground equipment and 
planting grass, students ended up consulting environmental experts, 
lobbying the city and working through legal complications.

But work is now well under way for a playground at the Project School, a 
charter school at 1145 East 22nd St. on the Near Northside.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.indystar.com/article/20091224/NEWS04/912240411/1195/LOCAL18/Park-Tudor-transforms-toxic-lot-into-playground

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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>
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