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Advocate raises cancer-cluster concerns, urges remediation near Glen Cherry Park

5332941 · July 8, 2025
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Summary

An advocate with decades of public-housing experience told commissioners she and residents continue to see high cancer rates near Glen Cherry Park and urged the county to address remediation and follow-up for long-standing environmental health concerns.

Anita Holmes, executive founder of Wave of Women in Public Housing, told the commission during public comment that residents from redevelopment areas including Glen Cherry Park continue to experience elevated rates of cancer and that promised remediation and follow-up have not been completed.

Holmes said she has been an advocate for…

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