NEWS . VOL 24 #1181 . PUBLISHED 7/23/03 What Lies Beneath Last Friday a crew came to clean the muck at the Heritage Park playground
What's in the smelly, oily water coming out of the ground at the new Heritage Park housing development? by G.R. Anderson Jr. Last Saturday afternoon, seven children scurried around a tiny playground in the heart of Heritage Park, the new housing development going up just north of downtown Minneapolis. They took turns on the slide, landing softly on the wood chips below. Some played at the edge of a small pond nearby, running their hands through the pebbles and dirt of the shoreline. Occasionally, the kids sought refuge from the blazing sun in the shade of an adjacent gazebo. That such an idyllic scene could be found in what historically has been one of the most blighted areas of the city would normally seem like a small triumph. But the kids, all of them children of color, were oblivious to one bleak fact: Just 24 hours before, the playground, circled with yellow "caution" tape, and pond had undergone a quickie environmental cleanup. http://www.citypages.com/databank/24/1181/article11400.asp Posted Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood Hollman Lurches On http://www.citypages.com/databank/17/800/article2625.asp Academic Misconduct http://www.citypages.com/databank/22/1061/article9472.asp Off the Map http://www.citypages.com/databank/21/1024/article8825.asp CRIPPLED CREEK http://www.citypages.com/databank/21/1043/article9184.asp?page=3 -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
