[CPEO-BIF] "Plans for new park in Palmetto [Florida] taking shape. It could help make water cleaner"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plans for new park in Palmetto taking shape. It could help make water cleaner


BY SARA NEALEIGH
Bradenton Herald (FL)
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 

PALMETTO - The process of turning a brownfield site into a future city park in Palmetto is moving along. Among what’s planned are improvements that officials say could help clean up the environment.

Connor Park, 505 Fifth St. W., is sometimes referred to as the Edenfield property since the Edenfield family purchased the land from CSX Railroad in the 1980s. It was acquired by the city, then the CRA in the late 1990s. The park was named after Manatee County Agriculture Hall of Fame member Frank Connor. 

Palmetto CRA director Jeff Burton said Monday the brownfield site is in the process of cleaning up the site is being completed. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article234914857.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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