[CPEO-BIF] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's Kensington neighborhood

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA grant helps Temple take aim at potentially hazardous waste sites  
in Kensington

By Elana Gordon
(Philadelphia) Newsworks (PA)
March 26, 2015


Temple University is taking the lead on a federally backed effort to  
clean up and redevelop former industrial spots in Philadelphia's  
Kensington neighborhood.

It won't involve any soil testing or direct cleanups; think of it as  
"a first step," said Mahbubur Meenar, assistant director of Temple's  
Center for Sustainable Communities.

Through the two-year, $200,000 grant from the Environmental  
Protection Agency's Brownfields Program, the university will be  
working with community groups to come up with a master plan for the  
two-mile area north of Lehigh Avenue, known as Philadelphia's Lower  
North Delaware Industrial District.

"Part of it will be revitalizing the area, part of it will be  
beautification, part of it will be increasing safety," said Meenar.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/health-science/item/80052-epa- 
grant-helps-temple-take-aim-at-potentially-hazardous-waste-sites-in- 
kensington-

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