Fiscal year 2012 funding for the Office of Economic Adjustment would climb by $31 million over last year’s allocation, under the defense spending bill the Senate Appropriations Committee approved last month. OEA would receive $81.8 million, matching the administration’s budget request …
Weymouth officials are questioning the Navy’s plans for cleaning up the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station, Mass., as the deadline approaches for the LRA and the Navy to complete a final agreement on the terms of an economic development conveyance for 700 acres …
After almost 14 years of haggling over the price of a 918-acre parcel at the former NAS Alameda, the Navy last week agreed to hand over Alameda Point to the city via an economic development conveyance for free. The Navy’s offer to convey the property at no cost will provide a tremendous boost to the city’s strategy to assume the role of master developer for the property …
Officials from EPA, the Air Force and Sacramento County on Friday celebrated the remediation of a 62-acre parcel at the former McClellan AFB, the first time a private party has completed a cleanup at a military Superfund site, the agency said. The Air Force conveyed the northern California property in 2007 to the county’s master developer, McClellan Business Park, through an early transfer …
Anticipating an upcoming BRAC round, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has organized a statewide meeting with leaders from communities and the private sector to discuss the possibility of base closures in New York …
The Senate Appropriations Committee is urging the Economic Development Administration to provide support to defense communities affected by BRAC closures or mission growth through its various economic development assistance programs. “The committee encourages EDA to provide the most efficient and effective assistance to defense growth communities and communities impacted by closures based on urgency and level of need …
Attorneys for the federal government and the city of Salina, Kan., and other local agencies will meet next month for their first mediation session in an attempt to settle a protracted dispute over the cleanup of TCE at the former Schilling Air Force Base. The city and the other agencies filed a federal lawsuit last year to force the government to pay for the cleanup of contaminated soil and groundwater …
The city of Alameda has been awarded a $225,000 grant by OEA to prepare an economic development strategy for Alameda Point, the city’s reuse project at the former Naval Air Station Alameda. The strategy is expected to produce a targeted approach to leveraging the city’s existing tenant base and attracting new companies and organizations to the 918-acre site …
Last week’s announcement that the Army had finished destroying chemical weapons stored at Anniston Army Depot was good news for the government and the community, but it also forces local officials to consider the future of almost 1,000 workers employed at the incinerator. Most of those jobs are safe for now, as workers decontaminate and destroy portions of the incineration complex …
The Horsham LRA likely will need to request an extension for finishing its reuse plan for the former Naval Air Station Willow Grove. Last month the LRA’s planning consultant outlined to the board three scenarios for a walkable, mixed-use development at the 892-acre base …