Flying Site Background

[Anthony Romano]

Very timely comments. My club is going through a similar dilema. Site is on 
a landfill on the edge of a county park. Problems with encroaching 
development and usage of a neighboring ballfield are forcing us to relocate.

Anthony






>From: Bill Glaze <billglaze at triad.rr.com>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: Re: Flying Site Background
>Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 12:26:36 -0600
>
>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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