Industrialization: NTC San Diego
In the mid-1920s, the City of San Diego hoped to strengthen its economic ties with the military, and offered more than 200 acres of land to the Navy at the north end of San Diego Bay to entice it to move the Recruit Training Station from San Francisco.
· 70-year history as a military base
· More than 133,000 uniformed personnel and another 30,000 civilians relying on the military for their livelihood.
· Beyond these payroll and visitor expenditures, the Navy spent an additional $10 million for base operation support contracts.
· The end of the Cold War led to military downsizing and the need to close surplus bases. In 1993, the federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission slated NTC for eventual closure.
Issue:
NTC or Liberty Station, has not been hit with any real issues. The main issue (1997-2005) was safety issues. At 1997 the navy ceased all operations in NTC, leaving it completely. Once they left, there was almost an 8 year period where it was left to rot, mold, and crumble. Beginning in 2004-2005, the NTC area began a largely time consuming face lift, that actually is still going on to this day. It's new name is Liberty Station, even though to most locals of the Point Loma area still call it NTC. It's now a mall...sort of...
Relevant News Story:
http://www.ntcfoundation.org/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=10723
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