What do you know about Bell Kramer neighborhood?
Timeline: Bell Kramer neighborhood
December 7, 2016. Ypsilanti to test neighborhood for methane, VOC ground pollution. MLive. "The city of Ypsilanti will spend $21,000 to test soil in and around a now-closed landfill that sits adjacent to the Bell Kramer neighborhood."
November 15, 2016. New plan considered to help Ypsilanti neighborhood threatened by pollution. MLive. "The Ypsilanti City Council recently started discussions with staff about how to deal with ground pollution in and around the small neighborhood. It sits just north of Interstate 94, east of South Huron Street, and south of Spring Street."
September 14, 2016. Ypsilanti considers moving residents facing lead, VOC pollution threat. MLive. "The area has largely been residential since the mid-1800s, but the city recently discovered pollution that includes lead, PNAs, VOCs and a high concentration of methane on a former landfill site to the neighborhood's south."
September 9, 2016. The Toxic Problems of the Clarkesville Neighborhood, Ypsilanti. Radical Washtenaw (RAW). "The residents of the Clarkesville neighborhood, southeast of South Huron and Spring, along Kramer and Bell Streets, are sandwiched in between the I-94, the Huron Street interchange, three gas stations, vacant industrial property, and the old dump. "
May 16, 2016. The unsellable houses of Bell Street, part two. MarkMaynard.com. "After receiving the grant, the City contracted with an environmental firm to determine the boundaries of the landfill (not as clear after development of I-94 ramps) and to find out more about what contamination is on the site, and to what extent it might be an issue to the adjacent Bell/Kramer neighborhood."