McClellan Jet propulsion lab

Welcome to the Community of McClellan!

The community McClellan is located in Anniston, Alabama and is built on 18,000 acres. The community is fully enclosed by the Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge. It is also conveniently located within minutes of local shopping center, and also has one the nation’s largest and most thriving military base reuse and re-cycle programs.

Over 300 families have called McClellan home. An additional 3,000 have found permanent careers in this community.
In McClellan there are multiple schools, nice restaurants, wildlife watching, military culture and heritage, camping and hotels, and many different culture activities such as theater, street festivals, and performances by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.

The community of McClellan provides an excellent quality of life, and has set aside areas for residences, office buildings, commercial enterprises, education, research, development, and manufacture. Thank you for taking the time to explore McClellan!

About the Community
When Fort McClellan was closed in September of 2000, the future of the plot was very uncertain. Almost instantly, the area was dark, bare and, with the solidiers, gone, overrun with deer and turkey.

This is why the McClellan Neighborhood Improvement Association was designed and implemented. The goals of the MNIA were to re-develop the area to recreate it as an active and living redevelop the property and return it as an active piece of the community at large. Today, McClellan is known as one the state’s best economic revitalization and redevelopment project. McClellan has been fully transformed into a success stories. McClellan has lots to offer. Read on to learn about the amenities we have built up in and around the community of the years.

Infrastructure of McClellan
McClellan is part of an premiere public utilities and public transportation system. These amenities are an essential piece of the land management plan and design. The utilities include the water supply and distribution system, management of the wastewater and storm water, electric and gas distribution, central heat and air, garbage disposal and waste management, and tele-communications. The networks of roads and highways are also very important parts of the McClellan infrastructure.
These utility grids have been recently assessed and evaluated for location, materials, wear and tear, aging, and capacity. To feed the utility grid, sources for supply can be found in the community and outside of it.

Based on previous and annual evaluations, the McClellan utility grid and system of infrastructure are highly favorable and have the capacity to serve and benefit a large range of mixed-use facilities.

Supply and Demand: Water
Potable water for McClellan comes from the renowned supplier in area Coldwater Springs. The state-of-the-art facilities at Coldwater Springs provides high-quality water that, because of its pureness, requires limited treatment, which includes chlorination and fluoridation. This water supply enters the main community from foot-long mains from Highway 21 near the East and West Gates.

Water Demand: The water grid carries a capability of supplying over 2 million gallons per day, which is well over the level of daily consumption.

Sanitary Waste Disposal
The McClellan sanitary solid waste disposal sewage managing system includes an extensive and inclusive network of collection sewers, water mains, pumping stations, and a solid wastewater treatment plant. This plant has been newly restored and upgraded in 1995, and is currently being operated by the governing board of Anniston Water Works and Sewer Board. This plant currently has a capacity of 2.2 million gallons of sanitary treatment per day.

Electrical System
The McClellan community receives electricity and power from an off-post substation. From this substation, the power is distributed through the area by a combination of both above and below ground electric wire systems.

Supply in demand: The Alabama Power Company is a subsidiary of the Southern Electric Company, which to date, currently gives McClellan its electricity through a a 115 Kv, 60 hertz line. This energy service is also part of a loop system. This loop system allows quick backfeed during an emergency.
Network of Distribution: The electricity substation is currently located on site on the outer border of the community, and has a capacity of 22,500 kVa. It delivers approximately 12,470 volts from a total of four distribution circuits all supplying the McClellan area.

Distribution of Natural Gas
The extensive natural gas distribution installations supply over 90 % of the heating requirements for McClellan. This distribution center is located off-site. The distribution network contains a high-pressure feeder-line, which is then reduced and properly distributed throughout the community. The Alabama State Gas Company is in charge of supplying natural gas to the offsite McClellan installation through one 12-inch diameter high pressure gas main line. This line then decreases to be a total of 10 inches in diameter. The planning committee has planned an upgrade to this line to continue the per-existing service line and include a parallel back up line to maximize total supply distribution.