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Residents urge brownfields cleanup and promote veterans’ Challenge 22 walk at Oakland meeting
Summary
During public forum, a soil-and-water district representative led outreach about federal brownfields grants and cleanup procedures, and a resident, Kirk Geiss, promoted the Challenge 22 Walk on Nov. 15 to support veterans and suicide-prevention efforts.
At the Town of Oakland’s public forum, representatives and residents used their three minutes to highlight community outreach and events.
A representative (Dr. Hogue / Orange Soil and Water Conservation District) displayed a poster and explained brownfields — properties contaminated by pesticides, petroleum and other hazardous materials — and described federal grant opportunities available to clean and redevelop former gas stations, dry cleaners and nurseries. The speaker urged property owners and realtors to attend a brownfields meeting to learn how to access grants and tax incentives for remediation and reuse.
Kirk Geiss, a resident and retired Navy officer, announced the ninth annual Challenge 22 Walk on Saturday, Nov. 15, in Winter Garden. Geiss said the free event begins with check-ins at 9 a.m. and a 10 a.m. start for a 2.2-mile walk to honor veterans and raise awareness about veteran suicide; he said the group aims for 2,200 participants and shared that the organization has raised more than $700,000 over seven years. Geiss noted the organization has worked with more than 10,000 first responders and veterans and encouraged community support.
The commission thanked both presenters and closed the public forum.
