Many environmental concerns of a year ago today remain unresolved

An abandoned fuel tank on March 13, 2007, remained a threat for potential fire and pollution of the south end of the by-then long-defunct Aspen Ridge townhouse development site at the intersection of South Duncan Avenue and Eleventh Street. The tank was removed a few months later and the site remains a tiny pond mostly benefiting beautiful leopard frogs!

Leopard frog

Frog eggs in pond on March 13, 2008, where tank was a year ago today.
Frogs of Arkansas"


PLEASE click on image below to enlarge duplex photo from March 13, 2007.


This duplex at the intersection of Ella Street (could as well be named Fourteenth Street) and South College Avenue had been built without prior resolution of potential problems for neighbors to the south. A lawsuit ended in fall 2007 in favor of the owner of a home immediately to the south when the court ordered the builder to replace a fence on the south property line to its historical position. However, filling of the ditch on the Ella Street (north, left) side of the property and the filling of much of the lot with less absorbent soil than had been there created an increased threat of flooding for neighbors to the south. That issue remains unresolved.