[CPEO-IRF] Alameda Point (CA) "blank"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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A decade after the Navy left, Alameda Naval Air Station is largely 
vacant and undeveloped. And the community is still waiting...

By Kelly Rayburn, STAFF WRITER
Alameda Times-Star/Inside Bay Area (CA)
April 29, 2007

ALAMEDA - Even before the Navy left Alameda in April 1997 federal and 
local officials had laid the groundwork to convert the former naval air 
station into residential neighborhoods and commercial districts. 
Post-Cold War base closures were devastating for many military cities, 
and the Clinton administration was taking steps to soften the blow to 
communities affected by them.

In Alameda, the redevelopment proved much more difficult than anyone 
anticipated.

Monday marks an anniversary in the city that will not be celebrated with 
a community gala or proclamations from the mayor.

Ten years after the Naval Air Station here officially shut down its 
operations on April 30, 1997, the Island's west end is still largely 
dominated by deteriorating old buildings and contaminated land.

And the Navy still owns the property.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.cpeo.org/lists/military/2006/msg00734.html

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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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