[CPEO-IRF] New homes at Mare Island (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Family oriented island
Former naval base reaches turning point as new residents flock to new neighborhoods

By CHRIS G. DENINA
Vallejo Times Herald 
August 7, 2005

There's plenty to see from the windows of Mare Island's new homes. 

To the west, a national wildlife refuge filled with geese, hawks and
salt harvest mice. 

To the east, historic old mansions once occupied by military officers
and their families. 

And next door, children playing ball at an elementary school that's set
to reopen full-time this fall. 

All around is change - workers building new homes, restoring old
buildings and transforming the 150-year-old former shipyard into a new
community within Vallejo. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_2921983

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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