Trashed to Treasured - Turning a Brownfield into a Transformational Central Park

[@leslibaines9080]

Looks like a great project for Gainesville from both an environmental and community health point of view. I agree it looks like some additional shade would be helpful, especially over play equipment. BTW, what happened to all the contaminated soil that was removed?

[@BoldCitiesProject]

From Depot Park's Website: "In 2000, a remedial action plan (RAP) was developed to remediate the site and Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) began “The Big Dig”. The area remediated was excavated to a depth of 50 feet and over 147,000 tons of contaminated soil was removed. Over 40 million gallons of contaminated water was treated and discharged. Contaminated soils removed from the site were transported to an approved landfill for disposal." www.depotpark.org/history