Frayser landfill nixed to applause, but owners not ditching expansion effort
Carol Williamson speaks during a community meeting July 24 where the owners, Carol and her husband Steve Williamson, of a local landfill met with residents in Frayser about their desire to expand the landfill and draft a community-benefits agreement. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The Land Use Control Board sided with a recommendation to reject the landfill’s expansion in Frayser, a relief for the advocates who opposed it. But the landfill’s owners will now seek approval from the City Council.
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Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.
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