by ADC | Aug 22, 2023 | Base Redevelopment, Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, In Our Communities, On Base
The city of Dallas is again suing the Navy for missing its 2017 deadline to clean up the former Hensley Field, The Real Deal reported. The city has long wanted to use the site for a mixed-use complex with 12,000 homes…. The largest union at Bath Iron Works in Maine...
by ADC | Jul 7, 2023 | Base Redevelopment, In Our Communities, On Base
A long-delayed project to build Great Park at the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, California is finally moving forward, ENR reported. Over the next 10 years, the site will be transformed into a recreation area twice the size of New York’s Central Park,...
by ADC | Apr 12, 2023 | Base Redevelopment, Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, On Base
The Air Force is reaching out to communities to see if they want to form environmental restoration advisory boards at more than 60 active and closed installations, according to an Air Force press release. RABs “provide a forum for two-way communication between the...
by ADC | Apr 11, 2023 | Base Redevelopment, Congress/DoD, In Our Communities, On Base
A federal court is now hearing a case about whether the federal government owes Arlington County, Virginia money for land it will use to expand Arlington National Cemetery, as AP reported…. WTHR-TV got an exclusive look at how Camp Atterbury, Indiana is spending $16...
by ADC | Feb 28, 2023 | Base Redevelopment, Congress/DoD, In Our Communities, On Base
Politico has comprehensive look at the Air Force’s stalled decision on whether to move U.S. Space Command from Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado to Redstone Arsenal, Alabama…. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined other officials Monday at the former...
by ADC | Feb 14, 2023 | Base Redevelopment, In Our Communities, On Base
State and federal regulators now say that groundwater contamination from the Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii date back to 2005, Hawaii News Now reported…. “Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) is in the strongest position, ever in its...
by ADC | Feb 10, 2023 | Base Redevelopment, In Our Communities, On Base
The Space Force has vowed to go “above and beyond” to clean up a recent diesel spill “at the environmentally sensitive and culturally important summit of Haleakala mountain on Hawaii’s Maui Island,” AP reported…. The organization Green 4 Maine has purchased several...
by ADC | Jan 13, 2023 | Base Redevelopment, In Our Communities, OLDCC, On Base
The DOD Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation has awarded almost $60 million to the Alamogordo School District to help replace the current elementary and middle schools at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, according to a DOD press release. The award will be...
by ADC | Jan 12, 2023 | Base Redevelopment, Congress/DoD, In Our Communities, Mental Health, On Base
Suicide among soldiers is down in Alaska, according to Alaska Public Media. There were six suicides in 2022, down from 17 the year before. The Army has invested in improving quality of life for military families in what is known to be a challenging posting. “One...
