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By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune and Naveena Sadasivam, Grist October 30, 2019 SULPHUR SPRINGS — On a cold afternoon in January, Marc Maxwell strode across the historic town square in this East Texas town, pointing to
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the largest electrici- scribed grand visions of ty generator in Texas, transforming the land prepared to close the into a multifaceted park decades-old Monticel- with jogging trails, fishlo Thermo mine on the ing lakes and maybe southeast edge of town, even space for hunting Maxwell wondered what dog competitions. Such the company planned to amenities, he said, would not only serve residents do with its 4,900 acres. In early 2017, after he had approached the company, his wildest dream came true: Luminant offered to give the land to the A mound of dirt — which state regulators found contains “acid/ materials” — sits on a portion of Luminant's Moncity for free. toxic-forming ticello Thermo Mine that the company has not yet reclaimed. It closed the mine in 2016. Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The (Maxwell fig- Texas Tribune/ ures the tract could fetch as much as but draw tourists from $25 million if the com- miles away. The community is pany sold it.) “It’s a very significant pumped, too. thanks to The Texas and generous gift,” Maxwell said in an interview Tribune who orginally at the newly renovated published this article. city hall, where he de-
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