From Austin Resource Recovery - The Brownfields Revitalization Office, a division of Austin Resource Recovery, supports local food gardeners by once again sponsoring free soil testing at this year's East Austin Garden Fair. Soil testing is an important start for preparing garden beds before planting. Understanding...
Austin got a big check from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week. The city won a $300,000 grant to help fund cleanup efforts on abandoned and environmentally-damaged plots of land in East Austin. In EPA speak, these plots of lands are called brownfields, which are basically...
The City of Austin has just won an $820,000 grant from the EPA. The grant will help fund the cleanup of contaminated properties (with an emphasis on East Austin) through a revolving loan program. These properties are known as brownfields, which is essentially just a fancy word for...