The list of successfully funded projects is growing. And time has proven that the projects are clearly worth the work. If you ever get to Atlanta, I hope you'll go over to the Martin Luther King National Historic Site. For five years TPL worked with the property owners, the former factory owners and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to assess responsibility and get the property cleaned up and transferred to the park service. Today, that property and the rest of the King Center is helping spur a dramatic revival to the neighborhood.
Crime is down.
Dozens of new homes have been built and restored. Plans are afoot to create a greenway park connecting the King District to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center and downtown. These projects are good for the bottom line B both socially and economically. And, thirdly, as communities recognize the important benefits that parks and open space and green infrastructure bring, funding has become easier to secure. Again, I want to thank the EPA for the opportunity to speak here today-and to thank all of you for your interest and your hard work in recycling brownfields into productive community assets.