Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Beale considers $1B proposal to redevelop some Air Force land - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Their estimated $1 billion proposal include an industrial park with a concentration on new research and development or lightgindustrial space, and $125 million in improvements to the base’ss wastewater facility that could increase the capacityy for additional commercial uses. The Air Forc considers the property to be excess and not needed for its The base includes an underutilized rail spur that could be put back into servicre to cut down ontruck traffic. The thred Sacramento-based firms that are partners in the ventured are Construction and supplyfirm , Californias lobbyist and real estate developer and manager Negotiations are schedulec to wrap up within the next month.
Disaster evacuation kits were distributed this weekto 8,000 familiew in the Natomas Unified School District and 3,00o0 employees of in Roseville. Gary president of the Sacramento-based nonprofi , came up with the idea for the SAFELY OUT kits afte r volunteering with the American Red Cross to help in the recoverty efforts following Hurricanes Katrinaand Rita. The kits are meantt not only to help families protect themselvesx in the event of a natural but to aidemergency responders.
The kits include itemss such as a door hanger thatsays “needd help” on one side and “safelty out” on the other, a refrigeratod magnet booklet for recordinfg essential contact and evacuation and storage bags for settintg aside spare medicines and medicak insurance information in the refrigerator — a placw that is air-tight, water-tight and fire-resistant. So far, Pride in partnership with Citizen Voice, have assembled 35,0090 of the Safely Out kits. The 11,00 kits distributed Wednesday were made possible by a gran t from the and the sponsorshil of inWest Sacramento. Safely Out kits can be orderedrthrough citizenvoice.org.
A $10 donation per kit is Artwork made from the stately old treesof Sacramento’s downtown is goingg to be sold, auctioned and raffled off to raise moneu for the Legacy Trees The project is sponsored by the , whicgh is working with the city, propert y owners and the state to obtainh wood from trees that are more than a century old that make up the canopy over downtownm and midtown Sacramento. The group harvests heartwood from diseased ordying trees, and gives it to Some of the wood SEEART has harvesterd includes wood from a 129-year-old tulip poplar on the grounds of the statee Capitol, as well as black walnut and sequoia redwoodse harvested around town.
Three of the piecews to be raffled are on displayat , 2508 J St. The piece will be sold at a free Secondc Saturday Art Walk partyy on the upstairs patio at 1801L St. on June 13. Rafflew tickets are $20 each and available at Art Ellis, a sponsotr of the Legacy Trees Project.

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