If you were to take a tour of the perimeter of Naval Air Station Oceana with Virginia Beach officials today, they would be able to point out the empty lots where hundreds of dwelling units and several dozen commercial ones once stood. They also would be able to show you the thousands of acres that have been rezoned to prevent new development from sprouting up …
The Fort Monroe Authority is intent on ensuring that most facilities at Fort Monroe remain in use after the Army turns over responsibility for running the 570-acre site on Sept. 15. “We’re trying to blaze a different trail,” Executive Director Bill Armbruster said last week during a tour of the historic post held during the ADC 2011 Annual Conference …
Bill Armbruster, who has been a champion for both closed and active military installations during the past two decades, received the Senator David Pryor Special Achievement Award from ADC Tuesday during the 2011 Annual Conference. The Pryor award is the highest honor the association can bestow on an individual, and is the only award ADC confers that requires approval of its board of directors …
The Air Force Real Property Agency is striving to execute $5 billion in EUL projects by the end of fiscal 2016, with almost half of them producing renewable energy, said Terry Yonkers, assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and logistics. To help realize its ambitious goal, the agency is assessing its contract authorities to create more attractive business opportunities. “In other words, we are seeking good ideas and the business case from industry …
ADC members elected two new directors to the association’s board on Monday, Jeff Giangiuli, vice president for business development at CALIBRE, and Mike Hayes, director of military and federal affairs at the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development. Giangiuli is a nationally recognized expert in risk management, environmental cleanup, environmental insurance and military property management …
Steve Levesque has been the leading force turning what could have been a devastating economic blow to Maine’s Midcoast region into an exciting reuse project full of potential for helping the area recover from the air station’s closure. In recognition of Levesque’s vision to follow a collaborative, community-based process to plan the reuse of the Navy base and for setting a record pace for any BRAC round for the air station’s redevelopment …
Over the past 20 years, Don Salter, a commissioner for Santa Rosa County, has been a guiding force in Northwest Florida’s support of the military, helping to protect Naval Air Station Whiting Field from encroachment while strengthening ties among the region’s installations, local leaders and businesses. In recognition of his long-standing efforts, ADC has selected Salter to receive its Active Base Community Leadership Award …
Partnership isn’t simply a word at Travis AFB, it is a commitment by all parties and it starts with the outstanding leadership of Col. James Vechery, commander of the base’s 60th Air Mobility Wing. For forming a close relationship with Balfour Beatty Communities, the base’s housing privatization partner, Vechery and Travis will be awarded ADC’s inaugural Military Family Partnership Award …
ADC members will have an opportunity to vote on two new candidates seeking to join the board of directors during the Annual Conference in Norfolk. The two new candidates are Jeff Giangiuli, vice president for business development at CALIBRE, and Mike Hayes, director of military and federal affairs at the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development …
The Greater Omaha Chamber has been selected by ADC as the Active Base Community of the Year, a tribute to the organization’s ability to build partnerships among community and industry leaders, government representatives, and local military officials in the name of advancing the missions at Offutt Air Force Base and supporting its personnel. The chamber’s support for Offutt has taken many forms …