After 10 years in Aurora, Colorado’s Lowry Park, the Lowry Community Garden has been closed. Officials with Aurora Parks and Opens Spaces say the garden was closed because, after an asbestos-containing building was demolished right next to the garden, concerns grew that the garden might be contaminated by asbestos. Although the soil was not checked for asbestos, the city determined that the safer course was to relocate the garden. The non-profit Denver Urban Gardens is working with the city to find a new location.

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Two top building officials in Kerrville, Texas have resigned out of concern that recent changes have weakened the building code. Chief building official, Brian Whitton, expressed particular concern about a change that would waive the requirement of a building permit for some alterations or renovations to commercial structures. If a building permit is not required, the requirement of an asbestos survey will not be triggered. Whitton says this change in the code violates state law and may prompt involvement from the Texas Department of Health.

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