From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:37:00 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Del Rio area, Phoenix, Arizona |
Grant to help development of blighted land in Phoenix by Emily Gersema Arizona Republic April 14, 2012On a breezy, pleasant Wednesday afternoon, Lindsey Hendricks was preparing to teach a dozen preteen children at the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center about the insects, plants, birds and mammals that inhabit the Phoenix riparian area around the center. Hendricks said the Rio Salado Habitat is an astounding scene when considering that 12 years ago, this flourishing, 600-acre ecosystem in downtown Phoenix's backyard did not exist. "That" -- she turned and pointed to the swaying yellow reeds of river grasses, flapping blackbirds and lapping water -- "used to be a dump. There were tires and trash." The habitat's rebirth from blighted channel to nature destination over a decade involved a huge investment -- around $200 million of city and federal dollars -- and years of talks with residents and city leaders. ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/ 2012/04/13/20120413phoenix-blighted-land-grant.html -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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