99 pounds of food for the Food Bank

Thank you to all of the Roosevelt Park neighbors who contributed to our food drive for the San Antonio Food Bank!

We contributed just shy of one hundred pounds of cans and boxes of non-perishable food items to the Food Bank, who will distribute our donations to families in need this holiday season.

Thank you, and Happy Holidays!

Neighborhood Meeting this Thursday

ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING
This Thursday, November 20 at 6:30pm, at the Roosevelt Park Community Center

Erica Benavidez from the San Antonio Food Bank will be there to discuss both how we can help the Food Bank and how they can help those in our neighborhood who need food.
We will also be collecting non-perishable foods for those in need this holiday season. Please bring something if you can. The Food Bank recommends:
Peanut butter, cereal, tuna, beans, rice, macaroni & cheese, chili, canned stews and soups, canned luncheon meats, full meals in a can or box, and “pop top” food items.
And please, no glass containers!

We will also discuss some news regarding San Antonio River improvements, the Big Tex clean-up, and other local goings-on.

Please join us!

Meeting for the New District 3 Public Library

District 3 Council Representative Jennifer V. Ramos, the San Antonio Public Library, and the San Antonio Public Library Board of Trustees invite public input for the New District 3 Public Library.

Gilbert Elementary School, Cafeteria, 931 East Southcross Blvd

Monday, November 17, 2008
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

For questions or additional information, please call (210) 207-2631.

Vermiculite Clean-Up

The Environmental Protection Agency is set to begin removing contaminated soil from the former Bix Tex Grain facility, between Probandt Ave. and the River, just south of the Blue Star Arts Complex. Most people refer to the now-empty compound as Big Tex, and the Silos. But it was W.R. Grace and Co. that received, stored, and processed Libby vermiculite when they owned and operated the site some decades ago.
Libby vermiculite contains a naturally-occurring asbestos called tremolite, which has been definitively linked to asbestosis and lung cancer in people. So the EPA is cleaning former W.R. Grace sites all over the country.
Eric Delgado, On Scene Coordinator for the Agency, addressed neighbors at a community meeting last Wednesday. Having completed years of studies here in San Antonio, he says EPA contractors will begin removing the dangerous soil within the next week, and will have it all replaced with clean soil by the middle of December.
Mr. Delgado explained the various safety measures the EPA employs to assure that harmful contaminants are not made airborne, and cannot contaminate adjacent areas during the remediation process. Neighbors with questions are invited to stop by the EPA trailer located at 354 Blue Star St.
You can also visit the EPA's website, which includes documents specifically related to this project.