[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Willow Grove Naval Air Station (PA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Envisioning a future for Willow Grove air base

By Derrick Nunnally
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (PA)
November 13, 2009

The sudden announcement Thursday that Gov. Rendell has given up on 
converting the closing Willow Grove Naval Air Station into a hub for 
emergency and defense services threw the future of the 1,100-acre site 
again into question.

Two competing aims are now in play: the Navy's mandate to maximize 
profit - perhaps by selling most of the site to developers - and 
residents' ideas for something more idyllic than the old airfield.

An insider said today that a compromise is likely.

"It needs to be a mixture of things," said W. William Whiteside, 
chairman of the Horsham Land Reuse Authority, a township-created panel 
helping shape the base's redevelopment. "There needs to be some sort of 
business development there to provide income for the township and the 
school district. And we have to make sure that there's a certain amount 
of open space."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20091113_Envisioning_a_future_for_Willow_Grove_air_base.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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