From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 24 May 2005 00:41:03 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-irf |
Subject: | [CPEO-IRF] Concord Naval Weapons Station today |
CONCORD Cattle roam in ghost town at site of future development Mothballed weapons depot may become vibrant community Erin Hallissy San Francisco Chronicle May 20, 2005 The flagpole outside the administration offices at the Concord Naval Weapons Station isn't used these days. With no active-duty military officials and a skeleton crew of civilians taking care of the sprawling 5,200-acre inland portion, there's simply no one to raise and lower the Stars and Stripes each day. Six hundred cattle graze undisturbed among rows of grass-covered bunkers, where owls make their homes under the eaves. "Empty'' signs are posted outside magazines to assure people they no longer hold missiles, bombs or other ammunition. Barracks and offices that once housed Marines, the Navy and civilians are falling into disrepair as paint peels and wood rots from years of disuse. Concord officials have big dreams of transforming the inland portion of the station -- which was included last Friday in the Pentagon's base closure list -- into a vibrant community of homes, office buildings, parks and open space. ... For the entire article, see http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/20/CONCORD.TMP -- 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 http://www.cpeo.org
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