Save Hangar One Committee

Thought I'd share something I just read about the Akron Airdock (as a member of the Moffett Historical Society, I've always been interested in the fate of that Hangar, as well as Hangar One). I don't know if any one else follows it too, but maybe the actions there have some relevance to Hangar One (or maybe not; but I still find it interesting).

In a nutshell, it looks like the Airdock has its own problems now with PCB's. The EPA has fined Lockheed Martin Corp. (the Airdock owner) $66,700 for the presence of PCB's in and around the facility. Lockheed did an interim cleanup, and began "investigating interior and exterior contamination for future cleanup".

I guess Lockheed's response to that was to sell the Airdock to the Summit County Port Authority, who in turn will do the environmental cleanup and other improvements, apparently with the help of the City of Akron, the Ohio Department of Development, and other state and local agencies.

I guess they feel this effort will preserve some comercial interests and jobs that would be affected by the Airdock's fate.

The links to all this stuff:
Akron City Council newsletter
EPA news
Summmit County article