[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Concord weapons station [CA] has fraught history, but development concept has promise"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Concord weapons station has fraught history, but development concept has promise

by John King 
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
September 3, 2019

Considering that 130,000 people live there, Concord has a low profile in the Bay Area. It’s the city above Walnut Creek in Contra Costa County, or the string of exits along Interstate 680 on your way north to the Benicia Bridge and points beyond.

But with the right mix of perseverance and imagination, in another decade Concord could stand out for a different reason — as home to our region’s most nuanced yet ambitious experiment at fitting a sustainable model of 21st century growth into a traditional suburban frame.

The potential canvas is the Concord Naval Weapons Station, a vast terrain dotted with trees and dozens of partially concealed ammunition bunkers.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Concord-weapons-station-has-fraught-history-but-14407811.php

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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