TUSTIN
Orange County Rescue Mission President Jim Palmer accepted the keys to the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station on Wednesday morning as the first organization to move onto the military base, which was officially decommissioned July 2.
The mission has acquired 6.1 acres on the base and will use two military barracks to provide 192 beds for the homeless.
Two new buildings will also be constructed in the middle of next year for the mission’s new Village of Hope program, including a 40,000-square-foot building with kitchen and dining areas, warehouse and office space and an 8,000-square-foot chapel.
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