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With the stroke of a pen, the military officially transferred the former Alameda Naval Air Station back to the City of Alameda. Officials view the 1,380 acres of waterfront real estate a prime opportunity for development. Ken...
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KPIX5: Military Turns Over Alameda Naval Air Station To City, June 24, 2013 [Video]
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Added: Jun 25, 2013 at 6:58 AM
San Francisco Chronicle: Naval Air Station land handed to Alameda, June 25, 2013
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Alameda's long, slow divorce from the Navy passed a major milestone Monday when military officials formally turned over the former Naval Air Station to the city.
In a ceremony replete with flags, patriotic songs and a full-scale...
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Added: Jun 25, 2013 at 6:49 AM
EBCitizen.com: With A Bright Future Ahead, Alameda Officially Takes Control Of Alameda...
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ALAMEDA//DEVELOPMENT | Sixteen years after the Alameda’s Naval Air Station closed forever, the U.S. officially conveyed the scenic, but still toxic Alameda Point back to the city of Alameda.
“Come to Alameda Point,” said Alameda...
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Added: Jun 25, 2013 at 6:42 AM
NBC Bay Area: Naval Base "Returns" to Alameda, June 24, 2013 [Video]
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For nearly two decades the Alameda naval base has sat like a military ghost town.
The vacant area now appears to be on the move, with plans to fill the site with new homes and commercial buildings.
The Navy on Monday...
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Added: Jun 25, 2013 at 6:13 AM
The Alamedan: VIDEO: Alameda Point conveyed, June 25, 2013
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Some 150 dignitaries, city staffers and civic affairs-watchers gathered Monday under drizzly skies and the jet at Alameda Point’s North Gate to commemorate the Navy’s handoff of 1,379 acres of the former Naval Air Station to the...
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Added: Jun 25, 2013 at 6:00 AM
ABC7 News: Alameda City celebrating transfer of former naval air station, June 24, 2013
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ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Federal and local officials Monday are celebrating the transfer of 1,380 acres of land from the U.S. Navy to the city of Alameda.
The city took control of the land at Alameda Point, formerly the site of the...
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Added: Jun 24, 2013 at 5:07 PM
Alameda Point Environmental Report: Least Terns thriving this year at Alameda Point,...
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Three busloads of visitors to the nesting area were treated to a great show on the annual “Return of the Terns” day, June 15. The nesting area is on the Nature Reserve, located on the airfield of the former naval air station....
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Added: Jun 23, 2013 at 1:50 PM
Atlantic Cities: Let's Go Fly a Wind Turbine [Makani Power], June 12, 2013
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Alameda, California, has a long history of welcoming advanced airborne machines: at various times, the city has been home to a Pan Am seaplane hub, a public airport called the San Francisco Bay Airdrome, and a...
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Added: Jun 12, 2013 at 5:48 AM
Environmental Cleanup Plans for 2013: Alameda Point, November 2012
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The following document issued by the Navy has been augmented
by the Alameda Point Environmental Report.
Additions include a cleanup map and highlighted text
that contains links to documents and stories.
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Added: Jun 10, 2013 at 7:13 AM
Alameda Point Environmental Report: Landscaping the Navy’s underground waste disposal...
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Thirty-five years after the Navy stopped disposing of toxic waste in unlined pits next to San Francisco Bay on Alameda Point’s southwest shoreline, the final actions to comply with state and federal laws are finally being...
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Added: Jun 9, 2013 at 6:37 AM