Bingham Park Planning

Let’s build a better Bingham!

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Let’s build a better Bingham!

Help shape the future of Hampton!

Help shape Hampton!

Bingham Park Today : Bingham Park is an almost 12-acre neighborhood park located at 500 Bingham Street in Greensboro, NC. The park contains an aged basketball court, baseball field, walking trail, and a portion of South Buffalo Creek.

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The park is located on top of a former landfill that operated from the 1920’s to the mid 1950’s. As a result of these activities, the soil at the park is contaminated and cannot be disturbed.

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What’s at Bingham Park today?

Recent studies by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) have confirmed that the park soil contains heavy metals such as lead and cadmium. In some locations, the contaminated soil is up to twenty feet deep.

Max. Depth of Waste: 23’ Below Grade

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The Park Today

Soil contamination can also be found on the edge of the wooded area along South English Street on the former Hampton School site, which has recently been transferred back to the City of Greensboro.

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Former Hampton School Property

Over the past decade and beyond, community members have worked tirelessly to see Bingham Park cleaned up and the wrongs of the past addressed.

“We need money! Whoever you talk to that wants to know how else they can help Bingham Park, tell the story!”

“We are not accepting a band-aid!”

“We want a safe park!”

“You’re not just making an investment in the park - if you help us, you’ll be helping the people of our community.”

“For the last 3-5 years, we have intensely been gathering, strategizing, talking, crying... about how we can make this park a healthy & safe place.”

A Long History Advocating for Change

Hampton Elementary School opens and is named in honor of William Milford Hampton

The incinerator and landfill first opened with strong local opposition from neighbors

Willow Oaks Community begins and replaces Morningside Homes

NCDEQ conducts initial water and soil study NCDEQ conduc on contamin

The incinerator and landfill are closed

Bingham Park created on top of buried landfill

Morningside Homes development completed

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ducts 15 investigations mination

The Bingham Park Environmental Justice Team founded and continues to advocate for full park clean-up

NCDEQ provides four options for park clean-up and continues gridded sampling of the park

Cottage Grove Neighborhood Association organizes around and advocates for park clean-up

Hampton Elementary School site ownership transferred to City of Greensboro

UNCG and Cone Health receive 3 year research grant from the

Site investigation is complete, project moves into planning phase

Hampton Elementary School closed following tornado damage

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Recent efforts have led to consensus around the proposed NCDEQ option 4 remediation strategy for the park. Option 4 represents a full clean-up with removal of ALL toxic waste.

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NCDEQ Option 4 - Full Clean-up

A Cleaner Future : The community and city leaders are currently working on securing funding for the estimated 39-million-dollar clean-up for Bingham Park.

This project seeks to imagine a brighter future for Bingham Park and the Hampton School site once clean-up has been achieved. Help us DREAM BIG together!

Let your voice be heard. Please take a few minutes to complete an on-line survey by CLICKING HERE!