[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, PFAS: "Horsham Township has big plans to redevelop former Willow Grove Naval base, " PA

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Horsham Township has big plans to redevelop former Willow Grove Naval base
The redevelopment plans include a town center, aviation museum and several homes. 

By Zoë Read
WHYY Public Radio (Philadelphia, PA)
September 9, 2025 

A former military base in Montgomery County with a history of toxic PFAS contamination is closer to becoming a residential community and entertainment destination.

As remediation to remove so-called “forever chemicals” in and around the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove in Horsham Township continues, local officials are making moves on a much anticipated redevelopment plan. 

The plan calls for the development of homes, an office park, hotel and conference center, a school, an aviation museum, green space and recreational opportunities. Township officials say it could create 7,000 full-time jobs.

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For the entire story, see
https://whyy.org/articles/horsham-township-willow-grove-naval-base-redevelopment-pennsylvania/

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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
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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