[CPEO-IRF] "Concord [CA] sees land of plenty at Navy base"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Concord sees land of plenty at Navy base

By Ryan Huff
CONTRA COSTA TIMES (CA)
January 8, 2006

Walk around the Concord Naval Weapons Station today and you'll see tule 
elk prancing along creekbeds and red-tail hawks soaring amid the rolling 
hills.

This peaceful setting contrasts with the base's past life, when it 
stored bombs and bullets before they were shipped off to war.

Now a battle is brewing over the future of the 8 square miles of prime 
real estate, and for good reason: The region may never see a grand 
development opportunity like this again.

Some want all 5,170 acres of the recently closed base kept as open 
space. Others are eager to build houses on one of the East Bay's last 
substantial chunks of developable land -- one that could sell in the 
neighborhood of $1 billion.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/transportation/13578288.htm

--
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
http://www.cpeo.org
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