Volume 5, Issue 4
In This Issue: • • • • • • • • •
EPA Cleanup..................1 Quarterly Social.........1-2 TuckerMott Twins...........2 Matchbox 5...................2 Tenant Referral Prog.....2 Wreath decorating.........3 CCTI Update..................3 Boi Tips.......................4 Tenant of the QTR..........4
December/January
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he saga of the EPA cleanup in Zonolite Park continues. As we’ve previously reported, he polluter, W.R. Grace is under an EPA order to remove all visible vermiculite. The vermiculite that they are removing doesn’t necessarily contain asbestos; however it is cheaper to remove all visible vermiculite than it would be to soil test and remove only the asbestoscontaining portions -- thus the evergrowing pit behind 1145 Zonolite. At this point, most of the vermiculite has been excavated, and several old concrete slabs have been unearthed at the bottom of the pit. The EPA is digging 3’ under those slabs and testing for vermiculite. Tests on the south end of the pit have come back clean.
As soon as next week, the contractor will begin backfilling the pit with clean dirt. The berm around the “creek” behind 1145 has been taken down. A portion of it will be rebuilt, but the elevation will remain lower than our parking lot. This means no more having to move cars out of flood danger every time it rains! Hallelujah! Though most of the pit will be filled in, a small portion will remain; Dekalb County plans to come in behind the EPA to create a permanent water retention pond, which we all hope will help to prevent flooding in the future. Once that has been installed, work can begin on the much anticipated Zonolite community garden!