[CPEO-BIF] Gainesville Gas Co. site, Gainesville, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Work on historic Gainesville Depot progresses as city develops its  
central park

By Christopher Curry
Gainesville Sun (FL)
April 30, 2012

The large hill of excavated soil that long stood in a fenced area off  
South Main Street and Southwest Depot Avenue is gone.

Heavy dump trucks still rumble between smaller mounds as the cleanup  
of arsenic-contaminated soil continues at this 32-acre park and  
brownfield site south of downtown that once was home to the  
Gainesville Gas Co.

About 2½ years after the cleanup started, city officials say the  
transformation of this former industrial site into Gainesville's own  
Central Park remains about 2½ years away from completion.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120430/ARTICLES/120439961

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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