After 10 years in Aurora, Colorado’s Lowry Park, the Lowry Community Garden has been closed. Officials with Aurora Parks and Opens Spaces say the garden was closed because, after an asbestos-containing building was demolished right next to the garden, concerns grew that the garden might be contaminated by asbestos. Although the soil was not checked for asbestos, the city determined that the safer course was to relocate the garden. The non-profit Denver Urban Gardens is working with the city to find a new location.
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