Posts Tagged ‘ADC Annual Conference’

A unique public-private partnership between the U.S. Navy and Ford Island Properties LLC — a joint venture between an affiliate of Hunt Companies and Fluor Federal Services — enabled the service to revitalize and upgrade the infrastructure on Ford Island and turn it into a center of historic naval activity in Hawaii. The project fulfilled the Navy’s goal to boost economic development in the area and develop on-island housing for military personnel, all without using taxpayers’ dollars or congressional appropriations. Steve Colón, president of Hunt’s Hawaii development division, was the leading force behind the effort …

Since its formation in 2009 by the state legislature, the South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority has worked to reduce encroachment surrounding Ellsworth Air Force Base and improve the base’s efficiency in an effort to support the installation’s missions and prepare it for future growth. To accomplish its objectives, the authority has taken the lead role in coordinating between the state, local communities and Ellsworth officials …

Craig Quigley, executive director of the Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance in southeastern Virginia, became the newest member of ADC’s board of directors last month after he was appointed to fill a recent vacancy. The vacancy was created when Mike Hayes, managing director of Maryland’s office of military and federal affairs, resigned from the board. Quigley will be on the slate next Tuesday at the Annual Conference for a new, three-year term during elections for the association’s officers and board members. He will be one of three new candidates for the board …

When the community neighboring Fort Hood in Central Texas, the nation’s largest military base, wanted to support the nation’s service members and their families, the local workforce development provider formed a community service nonprofit to help military spouses obtain college training, licensure and jobs. Jobs for Military Families, led by Workforce Solutions of Central Texas, was one of the nation’s early programs dedicated to military spouse employment. What sets its success apart from other programs that have followed are several key features, including a commitment to provide child care and a focus on high-paying jobs that the spouse can transport to his or her family’s next duty station …

The bold redevelopment planned for the former Naval Station Treasure Island is slated to become a regional destination for the San Francisco Bay area distinguished by innovative urban planning strategies and an unparalleled commitment to environmental stewardship. The reuse project will take advantage of the latest standards of the profession related to construction technologies, transportation, urban design, waste systems, adaptive reuse of historic structures, landscape architecture and habitat management. For shepherding the transformation of Treasure Island and the adjacent Yerba Buena Island from the formative planning years through an intensive entitlement process, ADC is awarding …

Fort Huachuca and its host community, Sierra Vista, Ariz., support a number of mutually beneficial partnerships that promote efficiency and innovation, while improving the quality of life for the military and civilian communities. For championing a variety of partnerships with Sierra Vista, as well as other municipalities and government agencies, ADC has named Fort Huachuca DOD Installation of the Year …

The year 2011 was filled with accomplishments for the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority, as it generated a historic high in revenue and recorded a number of successes in its effort to convert 7,000 acres at the former Army post in northwestern Arkansas into the mixed-use community now called Chaffee Crossing. For its tremendous progress in creating workforce, housing, commercial and recreational opportunities, ADC has named Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority, led by executive director Ivy Owen, the Base Redevelopment Project of the Year …

In 2005, after the BRAC Commission recommended closing Naval Air Station Oceana unless Virginia Beach significantly eliminated development threatening the Navy’s East Coast master jet base, the city embarked on a far-reaching campaign to roll back encroachment in the airfield’s accident potential zone. The initiative that followed, YesOceana.com, focused on zoning changes, property acquisition and a conformity program to reduce incompatible development while promoting conforming uses adjacent to the base …

Lt. Gen. Michael Ferriter, who serves as commander of Army Installation Management Command as well as the service’s assistant chief of staff for installation management, will address the ADC 2012 Annual Conference during the opening general session on Monday, Aug. 6. Since taking command of IMCOM in November 2011, Ferriter has made “the health of the force” a top priority, emphasizing not just physical fitness, but also how well the Army’s programs and services provide assistance and education on concerns related to suicide prevention, the care of wounded warriors, sexual assault and harassment programs …

As the military services are forced to cope with shrinking budgets for installation support, senior officials have been taking a closer look at public-public and public-private partnerships to cut spending on base support without impairing their missions. At next month’s 2012 Annual Conference, ADC is holding a three-part event on shared-services agreements, a way for communities to collaborate with their federal neighbors by providing, exchanging or sharing municipal services. On Sunday, Aug. 5, from 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., a pre-conference workshop will open with a panel of speakers from DOD and defense communities …