What a year this was! We were just as surprised as you were when back in January the City of Santa Monica settled their long standing lawsuit with the FAA! The City entered into a Consent Degree which NULLIFIED the FAA’s claim the airport remain open forever and gave the City the right to close
Continue reading »We are not alone – Governor’s Island
172 acres of priceless land, occupied by an Airfield and Federal agencies for many years, now becoming a wonderful park for all. What does that make you think of? Whenever we talk about the wonders a new great park on our airport land will bring to the west side, there’s always some miserable naysayer who
Continue reading »Santa Monica Airport Park Expansion EIR Now Available For Comment
Santa Monica is moving forward with the Santa Monica Airport Park Expansion. The 12 acres of the Airport Park Expansion currently being designed by noted park designer Mark Rios, has moved forward to the important Environmental Impact Report stage. The park design will include full size playing fields, pickle ball courts, community gardens, playgrounds, walking
Continue reading »Aircraft Parking lot NOW open for public use
The Santa Monica Airport2Park Foundation welcomes the news that the City of Santa Monica today officially opened (see here for details) a 6 acre parcel of land that was formally used as an airplane parking lot as an Interim Open Space for a wide range of unprogrammed recreational use until construction begins on the larger 12 acre
Continue reading »Council Decision triggers Phase-2 of “Great Park” planning
At the special City Council meeting last night, Council unanimously approved staff’s recommendation to move ahead swiftly with Option B (a centered layout) for the shortening and re-striping project to reduce the Santa Monica Airport runway from 5000′ to 3500′. This option was the one overwhelmingly favored in public input on the matter. In addition Council found that
Continue reading »New Trust for Public Land study reports that L.A. City Parks generate billions of dollars in annual economic benefits
The Trust for Public Land has released their long awaited report on “The Economic Benefits of the public park and recreation system in the City of Los Angeles, California” and it should come as no surprise that the economic benefits to our local economy of our parks and recreation system are worth BILLIONS of dollars
Continue reading »Santa Monica Airport Park’s 12-Acre Expansion Moves Forward with Environmental Study
Coming on the heels of the recent historic agreement with the FAA and the announcement that the City of Santa Monica will close the Airport at the end of 2028, the new 12-Acre Airport Park Expansion moves forward with the Environmental Study. The Los Angeles architecture firm Rios Clementi Hale Studios is leading the project
Continue reading »Sant Monica takes first steps to plan Great Park
Wednesday evening, Feb. 28, the City of Santa Monica’s City Council took decisive action that will allow planning to begin on a great public park to replace the Santa Monica Airport. Using the authority the City gained under the historic January agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allow the closure of Santa Monica
Continue reading »Join us at Parks Day! Come Play!
Join us at the City of Santa Monica’s “Parks Day!” this coming Saturday, February 25, 2017, 10am – 1pm for a special celebration of the importance of our city parks with family-friendly activities, refreshments, and entertainment varying at each of the four park locations. Airport2Park.org will be there to share updates about the new 12
Continue reading »“Love Thy Nature” Film Screening
Join us as we attend a FREE film screening of “Love Thy Nature” Presented by Sustainable Works, Wednesday, February 22, 2017, 7:00 PM at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica An award winning film narrated by Liam Neeson, “Love Thy Nature” http://www.lovethynature.com shows how deeply we’ve lost touch with nature and takes viewers on a
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