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In Denver, a Former Brownfield Becomes a Park After a 14-year battle to bring the project to life, the Platte Farm Open Space brings much-needed green space to a north Denver neighborhood. April 1, 2021, 10am PDT | Diana Ionescu | This past summer, the Center for American Progress and the Hispanic Access Foundation released a report finding that communities of color experience nature deprivation at three times the rate of white Americans, writes Ambika Chawla. According to the report, 74% of communities of color live in nature-deprived areas, with Black communities experiencing the highest levels of deprivation. A 2019 study from the University of British Columbia that analyzed ten U.S. cities concluded that the widespread green inequities uncovered by this research are serious issues in the context of the effects of urban vegetation on urban health and well-being. Urban residents with less access to green space are also those who are most likely to experience poor p

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