May 15, 2008 7:38 pm US/Eastern
National Aquarium In Baltimore Goes Green
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ―
The National Aquarium in Baltimore goes green. The center for aquatic life and conservation has received a clean-up grant.
Pat Warren reports it could create another destination point for lovers of land and sea.
There's probably no more compelling work for the National Aquarium in Baltimore than rescuing the endangered.
They've saved a dolphin that was in need of medical attention and nursed a great sea turtle back to health.
Now the aquarium has a new patient: land.
A 13-acre site south of Cherry Hill in Baltimore is sick of "brownfields," and the EPA label for something nobody wants.
"The term brownfield was really a contrast with the word greenfield. When people are considering building a new facility, building a factory, building an office, or building some sort of community asset, they will frequently stir away from sites that have been used before," said Donald Welsh, EPA Mid-Atlantic.
The aquarium wants to heal the land and rehab it into a park and center for aquatic life and conservation.
The EPA likes the idea so much, it's writing a check for $200,000 to help it along.
"It provides tremendous opportunities and probably opportunities we haven't even thought about yet," said Welsh.
Baltimore is one of 209 communities nationwide receiving brownfield-related funding this year.
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