INDIANAPOLIS An illegal dumping site has been a nuisance for east siders for years, and an effort from the city is breathing new life into the area.

Approximately 35,000 tons of illegally dumped foundry sand sat on a lot near the intersection of S. Ewing and E. Washington Streets for years.

This is where I take my lunch break walks," Rebekah Fuller said.

Fuller works at Jacob-Dietz Fire Protection, which has been providing commercial buildings with sprinklers, fire hydrants and extinguishers since 1990.

The family-owned business has been on S. Ewing St. for about a decade.

Its been an issue for the whole time," Fuller said. The forest back there had a lot of homeless camps; they would come to our location a lot through the fence. A lot of the contaminated material would leak through t

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