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Between the period 1976 and 2007, the area surrounding
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The intent was to redevelop an area that had been home to light industrial activity and heavy pollution into a green space with walkways, picnic tables and an exercise course. The heavily polluted
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was a key factor in the determination by the city to redevelop the area. The
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funds. Bicentennial Park was dedicated on July 4, 1976.
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