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]]> Students in the Earth and Environmental Sciences program evaluated soils at the Chadek property, which was a vacant city lot located in the Morningside neighborhood of Iowa City, south of City High and a few blocks west of 1st Ave.

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Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Emily Fenzel
Earth and Environmental Sciences

Local Government / Community Contact

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