by ADC | Apr 2, 2025 | ADC50, Base Redevelopment, BRAC, Homefront, News from ADC, On Base
The Association of Defense Communities this week launched “Homefront,” a new documentary video series that visits defense communities across the country to understand their challenges and successes and what makes their communities unique. “As ADC celebrates 50 years,...
by ADC | Jan 7, 2025 | Base Redevelopment, In Our Communities, On Base
Dallas Redevelopment in Limbo Amid PFAS Battle with Navy The city of Dallas, Texas, has been in a legal battle with the Navy after they failed to meet a deadline to clean PFAS out of the groundwater at the former site of Hensley Field. Dallas hopes to soon redevelop...
by ADC | Jun 20, 2024 | Base Redevelopment, In Our Communities, On Base, PFAS
Navy Transfers Land for Recreation in Hawaii The city and county of Honolulu took control of about 400 acres of former Navy land recently, as the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. The area will be used for public recreation, Mayor Rick Blangiardi said. “It is a place...
by ADC | Mar 27, 2024 | Base Redevelopment, In Our Communities, On Base
The Military Alliance Council in Charles County, Maryland and the town of Indian Head recently coordinated with local partners to provide Chick-Fil-A breakfast for Marines and sailors assigned to the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force after they returned in...
by ADC | Feb 12, 2024 | Base Redevelopment, Environment, In Our Communities, On Base
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona has begun moving its A-10 Warthogs to the boneyard as it retires the aircraft after almost 50 years of flight, Air Force Times reported. “The A-10 has been the symbol of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for many years, and it will...
by ADC | Jan 18, 2024 | Base Redevelopment, In Our Communities, Infrastructure, On Base
The city of Altus, Oklahoma is seeking proposals to conduct an installation resilience study for infrastructure serving Altus Air Force Base. The project is funded by the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. Proposals are due Feb. 2…. Port of New York...
by ADC | Jan 4, 2024 | Base Redevelopment, Housing, In Our Communities, On Base
The Fort Mac Local Redevelopment Authority signed off on a plan from T.D. Jakes Real Estate Ventures to redevelop about 95 acres at the former Fort McPherson, Georgia, CoStar News reported. Construction is set to begin early this year on the property, which will...
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,...
