Community Conversation:
Join us 7 p.m. tonight for a discussion about what s happening with the town s asbestos removal and the possibility for redevelopment at the old Linden Mill.
The event is free, but
In this hourlong special, we ll hear stories about asbestos at an old, brick textile mill in Davidson, North Carolina, and how redevelopment might solve the problem. We ll learn how asbestos got into both the historically Black neighborhood nearby and elsewhere in town and how it s being cleaned up. And we ll talk to residents worried about how fixing one problem might contribute to another gentrification.
Rather read than listen to the audio? Read the transcript.
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Contractors for Charlotte Water remove asbestos-laden soil from Sloan Street in Davidson during a water main upgrade project in January.
The Environmental Protection Agency will be back in Davidson next week to start another round of asbestos cleanups, including a town park.
The EPA tested 136 properties on the town s historically African American West Side last summer and fall and found unsafe levels of asbestos at 11. The asbestos came from an old mill nearby that made asbestos from 1930 to about 1970.
Officials say waste asbestos was used as fill in yards and driveways and in the town s Roosevelt Wilson Park. It s a concern because if asbestos fibers become airborne and are inhaled, they can cause cancer and other lung diseases.
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Ruby Houston, who lives across the street from the former Carolina Asbestos mill in Davidson, spoke at a community meeting in January 2020.
Asbestos contamination from an old factory in Davidson is not just an environmental concern on site. It s also a problem throughout the historically African American neighborhood nearby. So far, cleanups have cost the EPA at least $3 million. Today, in the second of our three-part series Asbestos Town, WFAE environmental reporter David Boraks looks at how Davidson is still dealing with the legacies of its asbestos-producing past, including long-simmering distrust from the Black community.
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February 2017: Workers installed a new temporary cap on the mound of asbestos that neighbors call Asbestos Hill, or Mystery Hill.
APD wants help finding man who fired rifle APD assault case surveillance image (Source: APD) By Dave Miller | January 13, 2021 at 11:21 AM EST - Updated January 13 at 1:25 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Albany Police Department would like help from the public solving a December assault that happened in the city.
The two people in the photo above are persons of interest in an aggravated assault (with a deadly weapon) that occurred on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 326 South Mock Road, the One-Stop gas station. This is next to the U. S. Post Office, and across the street from Hidden Oaks Apartments.
The Albany Police Department issued their report on the incident, (below) and WALB is redacting the names of the witnesses who spoke to police, and the descriptions of their vehicles
ALBANY â A four-lane highway project linking Albany to Valdosta and U.S. Interstate 75 South got a major boost this week with the awarding of a contract to complete roughly one-third of the remaining work on the project.
The Georgia Department of Transportation announced the $62.7 million contract with Reames and Son Construction of Valdosta on Tuesday. It is the largest of 15 construction projects now set for construction, totaling $103.74 million.
The 8.55 mile stretch of roadway in Colquitt County will complete the work from U.S. 319/Georgia Highway 35 north to Mike Horne Road. Eventually the work will complete four-laning to the Mock Road intersection in Dougherty County.