Palmetto’s community redevelopment agency transformed a brownfield into a greenspace, an eco-park populated with birds, adorned with art and attracting people.
Now, for the creation of Connor Park, the CRA is earning recognition, inspiring other communities and working to tackle more projects to promote sustainability and improve the quality of life in Palmetto.
Connor Park, 505 Fifth St. W., opened in 2023. The site, acquired by the city in 1998 and transferred to the CRA in 1999, was a brownfield, defined as a property where reuse is complicated by the presence of pollutants or contaminants. The federal Environmental Protection Agency estimates there are more than 450,000 brownfields in the United States, including more than 600 in Florida…