[CPEO-MEF] Former Norton Air Force Base (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Neighborhood on rebound

By DAVID SCHWARTZ
San Bernadino County Sun (CA)
December 25, 2004 

SAN BERNARDINO - Enrique Ramirez looks over his white, wrought-iron
fence and watches his two kids ride their bikes in the street.

The new Mattel distribution center is the backdrop behind his house. To
the south, another giant wall is in sight, a 600,000-square foot Pep
Boys distribution warehouse under construction.

These behemoths boxing in his residential neighborhood don't bother
Ramirez, though.

"I prefer to see the buildings and the land in use," Ramirez said. "It's
better than boarded-up buildings and vacant land."

Ten years after Norton Air Force Base closed and became San Bernardino
International Airport, the surrounding neighborhoods are changing into a
landscape of warehouses and distribution centers.

These neighborhoods, perhaps more than any others, felt the pain when
Norton closed. The military families moved away with their steady
paychecks that supported local businesses. In many cases, drugs and
crime moved in.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~2618791,00.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>
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