2006 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 26 Mar 2006 18:21:42 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] New vision for Mare Island (CA)
 
Closure of Mare Island nears the 10-year mark

By Chris G. Denina
Vallejo Times-Herald/Vacaville Reporter (CA)
March 26, 2006

Mare Island isn't the same place city officials dreamed it would be back in 1996, the year the military base switched to civilian control.

A decade later, as former shipyard workers prepare to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the base closure April 1, residents and activists are seeking a new vision for the former military base.

Instead of dredge ponds, they want wetlands. Instead of a liquefied natural gas plant, they want a regional park.

And instead of a ghost town, they want a bustling community - a dream that's nearing reality, now that hundreds of people have moved into new houses on the old base.

Some say it may be time for a new plan for converting the military base to civilian uses.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_3642072

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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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