HANGAR NEWS

At their meeting on February 28th, the Orange County Board of Supervisors gave the green light to OC Parks head Mark Denny to develop the Concept Plan for a regional park around the historic Tustin Light-than-Air Hangar on the former Tustin Marine Base. The plan will call for an ice rink/swimming pool facility on the 84-acre park. Denny will be working with the Anaheim Ducks hoping to develop this facility as a practice rink for the team as well as a public rink. He also hopes to have the facility used by the US Water Polo Organization for an Olympic training facility. The concept plan comes with a price tag of $21 and will be presented to the board when completed.

We are very pleased with this plan and spoke in favor of it at the meeting. The estimated cost of the park itself is $69 million. It looks like we will be waiting a while to find out the fate of the hangar, but we’re certain that all the messages from Conservancy supporters helped sway the supervisors’ vote. Stay tuned! The plan can be seen at www.OCgov.org/parks.

The Vintage Lady Shop caught fire

We are saddened by the fire Thursday, December 15th, in The Vintage Lady Shop, housed in the oldest commercial building in Tustin, the First Physician's Office on El Camino. Fortunately, no one was injured and we're optimistic that the building can be rebuilt using the existing facade.