[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Former Alameda Naval Air Station (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Former Navy base focus of development fight

Carolyn Jones
San Francisco Chronicle
August 24, 2009


Development battles are as much a part of Alameda as poplar trees, kids 
on bikes and restored Victorians.

First there was the fight over bay fill in the 1950s that led to South 
Shore Shopping Center. Then, in 1973, came Measure A, which banned 
multiunit homes. And now, Alameda's development battleground has shifted 
to the western edge of the island, where the city, developers and 
residents are brawling over the former Navy base.

"The base had a huge impact on Alameda. But its closure is having an 
even bigger impact," said Diane Coler-Dark, president of the Alameda 
Museum. "We were supposed to be some shining example of how the base 
could close and jobs could be created. After 12 years, we're still waiting."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/24/BA52194I6N.DTL



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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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