[CPEO-IRF] Concord (CA) wants closure

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CONCORD AND FAIRFIELD AWAIT BASE CLOSURE DECISION

Bay City News Service
CBS 5 (San Francisco, CA)
May 11, 2005

Fairfield and Concord are hoping for very different outcomes from this 
week's expected announcement of national military base closures by the 
Pentagon.

Fairfield and the surrounding areas of Solano County hope that Defense 
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld sees the strategic value of Travis Air Force 
Base, which also contributes more than a billion annually to the local 
economy. Concord, on the other hand, hopes Rumsfeld will finally close 
its largely empty Naval Weapons Station, opening up more than 12,000 
acres for economic development by the city.

...

For the entire article, see
http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2005/05/11/n/HeadlineNews/BASE-CLOSURES/resources_bcn_html


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Lenny Siegel
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