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Vallejo “Fails to Launch” Prosperity After 140 Years as a Navy Town

Oct 26, 2019

By Michael D. Setty Between 1854 and 1996, Vallejo was the prototypical “Navy town” as the home of Mare Island Naval Shipyard. For 140 years, Vallejo was a financial ward of the federal government, prospering on annual federal appropriations for Mare Island. Life was...

Mare Island Heritage Trust and Friends Accomplishments 2009-2019

Oct 26, 2019

Preserve maintenance and visitor services Popular and profitable Camping Program with tent and yurt sites Building and maintenance of 130 acres of trails in a natural environment Installation of numerous benches purchased by donors and installed by volunteers...

What Can I Do to Help “Preserve” the Preserve?

Oct 26, 2019

Let your voice be heard! Please sign and share our Change.org petition to ask the Vallejo City Council and Mayor to reopen our preserve now Contact Vallejo City Council members and advocate for the Preserve. Ask the members to: Acknowledge and build on the work of the...

Mare Island Preserve History

Oct 18, 2019

This is the history of the Mare Island Preserve as provided by Mare Island Project Manager Erin Hanford to Stacy Madigan and Nathan Bergeron of the Nimitz Group. Compare and contrast this with the history in the 5/28/19 City Staff Mare Island RFQ Report. Hi Nate and...

Mare Island Task Force Report

Oct 18, 2019

In order to better understand the history of the Mare Island Preserve, be sure to read the following documents. The community has spent a lot of time envisioning the best use and management of the Preserve. It's important we don't lose sight of that. The Mare Island...

Mare Island Heritage Trust Hosted Public Meeting

Oct 18, 2019

As promised, a link to our filming of our September 18, 2019 meeting held at the JFK Library in Vallejo. Thank you TJ Walkup for filming and production. Thank you even more to the more than 75 of you who chose to join us at our gathering we hosted about a strategy to...