“Symphony Park really is the Cinderella story of brownfields.”

Geologist Kurt Goebel, describing the transformation of a polluted former rail yard in Las Vegas. The city turned a contaminated Symphony Park site — once plagued by petroleum and arsenic pollution from a former Union Pacific rail yard — into one of downtown Las Vegas’ signature redevelopment successes. Backed by millions in Environmental Protection Agency funding and private investment, the area now includes cultural institutions, housing, retail and medical facilities, serving as a national example of brownfield revitalization. (Las Vegas Review Journal)