Whos financing the restoration of the San Francisco site?
Question from Wurzbach, Answer from “Bud” Halsey Basically, the Nike site is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, one of 379 national parks in the United States. The Nike site, however, gets no federal funding, so everything here (except the phone bill) is paid by donation money we get or by individual contributions from the Nike site volunteers themselves ($7,000) was contributed by volunteers in 1996 alone). The Army is willing to donate surplus Nike equipment to us, but the cost of transporting it to the site from Army depots in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Utah must be borne by the volunteers. Also, most of the Nike equipment has now been destroyed or sold to scrap dealers. I sometimes have to buy critical pieces from scrap dealers (with my own money) just to get a piece we need. Our greatest expenses these days, aside from transportation costs, are for paint and rust inhibitors. I am able to get some surplus equipment from the military (e.g. a fork lift, shelving, etc.)
