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  • Green Businesses Sprouting at Closed Former California Air Force Bases

    It may be counterintuitive to think of EPA Superfund sites as hotbeds of green technology. But as the Air Force Real Property Agency -- responsible for buying, selling and managing Air Force property worldwide -- continues cleaning, restoring and transferring property to the community, the former

  • Homeless find hope at closed California bases

    In California, as the temperature drops and the number of homeless people climbs, former Air Force bases around the state offer warm relief. Transitional housing is one of the many ways communities are using property on closed military bases for local benefit. These villages of hope offer the

  • North Highlands has coped with McClellan's civilian shift

    In 1995, when the U.S. military announced it would close McClellan Air Force Base in unincorporated Sacramento County, residents and small-business owners in the surrounding community were terrified that the local economy would crash and burn.McClellan neighbors the North Highlands community, a

  • Future of Air Force energy discussed at industry forum

    Air Force officials announced their intent to lease underutilized Air Force property and apply other tools to attract the support of private industry for energy projects at installations during an industry forum in September in Ontario, Calif. The Air Force Enhanced Use Lease Energy Industry Forum