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Alameda Journal: Alameda: Russo addresses Chamber of Commerce, March 12, 2014
Excerpt: The creation of a master plan and an environmental impact report for the former Alameda Naval Air Station, which closed in April 1997, has received broad community support, Russo said. That public support, he said, underscored how...
Added: Mar 13, 2014 at 5:55 AM
KCBS: Google-Owned Wind Farm Company Expanding Into Huge Chunk Of Former Alameda Naval...
Excerpt: [Includes audio] [Includes video of the technology in operation at Alameda Point] Google is expanding its presence in the East Bay as a wind energy company it owns has secured a new lease at the formal [sic] naval base in Alameda...
Added: Mar 12, 2014 at 4:12 PM
San Francisco Business Times: Google-owned power company expands into 127,000 square...
Excerpt: Makani Power, a wind energy company owned by Google, expanded its space from 17,000 square feet to 127,000 square feet in a former naval airplane hangar in Alameda Point. The company makes a wind power generating device that...
Added: Mar 8, 2014 at 7:36 AM
Memo from City Manager to City Council Regarding Ordinance Approving Lease Agreement...
Excerpt: Introduction of an Ordinance Approving the Lease Agreement for Six Years with Five Three-Year Options with Google Inc. in Building 11 Located at 1050 W. Tower Avenue and Building 19 Located at 2175 Monarch Street at Alameda Point...
Added: Mar 6, 2014 at 7:46 PM
City of Alameda Press Release: Google Spreads Its Wings in Alameda, March 6, 2014
The Google-owned wind energy company, Makani Power, is substantially expanding its presence at Alameda Point. Google has renewed Makani’s lease for up to 21 years with an additional 110,000 square feet (it currently leases 17,000) of...
Added: Mar 6, 2014 at 5:24 PM
The Alamedan: Ferry access meetings planned, March 4, 2014
Excerpt: One consideration: Whether the authority moves the Main Street terminal to Alameda Point, a move city officials see as crucial for the development of the former Naval air station and one that could forestall a major investment in...
Added: Mar 4, 2014 at 5:25 AM
Alameda Magazine: Goodbye Ghost Town, March 2014 [Story begins on page 30]
Excerpt: Ask Russo what Alameda Point will look like in a decade and he shrugs. “To be honest I don’t know what it will look like, and this makes people uncomfortable when I say this because you are supposed to have a plan that solves...
Added: Mar 3, 2014 at 8:12 PM
Alameda Point Environmental Report: Shoreline public access plan approved for Veterans...
Excerpt: The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) gave its approval for the shoreline access provisions of the Veterans Affairs’ (VA) project at Alameda Point at its January 16, 2014 meeting. The VA submitted...
Added: Mar 3, 2014 at 4:51 PM
SeattlePI: Tracking great white sharks with drones right from an iPhone, February 27,...
Excerpt: When I visited Saildrone’s workshop in a hanger on Alameda’s old Naval base, Jenkins showed off the shark sensors, which attach to the craft’s keel. Getting sensors under ocean surface is key. The idea is that as the saildrone...
Added: Feb 28, 2014 at 5:45 AM
The Alamedan: Deal to swap land, fix pools being considered, February 25, 2014
Excerpt: Under the terms of the deals, the city would pay the school district $750,000 toward pool repairs in exchange for title to the Tidelands Trust property, which the district got as part of a deal for Mastick Senior Center, a former...
Added: Feb 26, 2014 at 9:02 AM

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