Flying Site Background

[Bill Glaze]

Tom:
Great outline for a story.  I'd suggest a full-length article for the
K-Factor; it would outline, I am sure, some of the mechanics needed to
achieve the milestone that your people have accomplished.  Just an
idea.  I'll bet that someone out there, (maybe more than just one) could
find it useful.  It's an ongoing struggle for many clubs that lose
faith, and/or just don't know how to go about it.
I know of one club in our area that just "got tired" of the good fight.

Bill Glaze

"Thomas C. Weedon" wrote:

>  Buddy,I got a 100 year lease on a closed land fill up here in south
> east Michigan for the Sumpter Hilltoppers Flying Club. Nothing can be
> done with the land for at least 100 years. Afterwards, the land can be
> sold. At present, they are pumping out methane gas from the land fill
> and running 6 large diesel generators which put out 8 million watts of
> power that is sold to the local power company. The only absolute
> stipulation is that we do no digging on the hill. It is about 300
> acres in size. It took a few years to get the top level enough to
> build a runway. Now it's getting to be a very popular place to fly. I
> believe your problem is with the city. It took us 4 years of
> negotiation before we even had permission to start work. We needed
> permission from the Township and from the land fill owners, Waste
> Management.Keep the faith,Tom Weedon
>
>      -----Original Message-----
>      From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>      [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Buddy
>      Brammer
>      Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 10:53 AM
>      To: discussion at nsrca.org
>      Subject: Flying Site Background
>
>      Anyone have background Info. that they may want to share?Our
>      local club field is located on a closed garbage dump and we
>      have a lease from the City which in the past has been a two
>      year lease. We are currently trying to have the City extend
>      the lease to ten or more years but have not been successful
>      in the past in getting this done. This landfill has been
>      closed for ten or more years and is monitored by the
>      government and cannot be used by the city to build on for
>      forty years. We are looking for information and
>      possabilities from others who may have been successful in
>      obtaining long term leases on such sites and may be willing
>      to share information how they did it or information that we
>      can furnish to the City of how this was accomplished in
>      other areas. Any help will be appreciatedBuddy Brammer
>
>
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