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I am a teacher of young children and I am doing a project regarding the North Wake Landfill District Park and would love your feedback:
I am partnering with Wake Gov. and my project is to create informational signs explaining about the landfill's conversion to a park. I'm focusing on just the "mountain" even tho the park actually includes a playground which can be seen from the top of the mountain, a few multi-use trails, and plans are in the works for more development for public use)
Please post questions you (and especially your children) would like answered about the park and any other suggestions you have for public info!!! THANK YOU!
Great idea, jed. I really like this park (been a couple times). Reminds me of Mt. Trashmore up in VA Beach - which actually has signs along a walking trail that discuss the history of the landfill and the conversion to a park. Signage describing the history of the N Raleigh landfill and the conversion process to a park would be a start.
Another thing I thought of was to provide some background info to help dispel some of the mistaken beliefs that the landfill was used to dump hazardous waste or materials. I think some people don't think the park is safe because of this. Perhaps some information about the type of garbage that was dumped there and about the decomposition process would be good. Also, some scientific information about the safety of the park, etc. I think you know what I mean.
Also, my son likes the big pipe torch in the back of the park that burns the methane gas. I would think some information about the methane gas collection and burning process would be very interesting. Perhaps a description of some of the pipes on the actual mountain, also.
I also think info about methane control and extraction would be very interesting. I was living in Winston Salem in 1969 when the National Guard Armory exploded due to methane buildup from the landfill there. Several Guardsmen lost their lives.
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