2005 UST/LUST National Conference Pre-Conference Networking Event
A boat tour of the Seattle Harbor was planned with Argosy Cruises.
Date: Sunday, March 13, 2005
Time: 2:30-6:00 p.m. (boarding begins at 2:30 p.m.)
Location: Pier 55 on the Seattle Waterfront (within walking distance of the hotel)
Prices: Adults: $25.00 Children (12 and under): $15.00
Site Revitalization Field Trip
A Bus Tour of Petroleum Brownfields Sites in Seattle
Tuesday, March 15, 2005, 1:30-5:00 p.m.
The tour was guided by representatives of the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, the Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, the Washington State Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development, and EPA Region 10.
UST Brownfields Redevelopment: Seattle Style: From parks to senior housing, Seattle is transforming its contaminated sites! Properties are being transformed into senior housing, and with multiple partnerships and funding mechanism, a former drug-dealing neighborhood was transformed into a neighborhood comeback.
The tour ended at Gas Works Park, a 20-acre former coal and oil gasification plant that powered much of Seattle from 1907 to the 1950s. It was thought that nothing would ever grow on this property again due to the high level of petrochemical waste polluting the soil. This is one of Seattle's earliest contaminated property redevelopments. Portions of the original gas works remain today - the largest remnant of the 1,400 such plants in the U.S. at one time.
With a great view of downtown Seattle, Gas Works Park is one of the most popular outings in the city.
Our contact for the field trip was Lucy Auster, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.
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