MORE THAN MEETS THE Transforming a former brownfield into Bonnet Springs Park By Emma Flowers EYE 34 Parks & Recreation | MAY 2 0 2 4 | PARK S ANDRECRE AT ION . OR G U .S. cities are experiencing a rebirth. As deindustrialization up new areas for public life, estimates suggest there are more than 450,000 brownfield sites across the country (tinyurl.com/ pu7rsnce). Because of the resources required to remediate these sites, they often are treated as problems or ignored altogether. opens PHOTO BY JEREMY BITTERMAN, COURTESY OF SASAKIhttp://tinyurl.com/pu7rsnce