[CPEO-IRF] Former Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, NM

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Roswell base closure could hold lessons for Clovis

Associated Press
Santa Fe New Mexican
May 30, 2005

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - A third of Roswell's population left in 1967, 
leaving closed businesses and schools and empty homes.

But by most accounts, Roswell eventually recovered from the closing of 
Walker Air Force Base thanks to the foresight of city leaders, who 
developed plans to use the base and diversify the city's economy.

Their work could serve as a template for the eastern New Mexico 
communities of Clovis and Portales as they face the possibility of 
losing Cannon Air Force Base.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/14266.html#

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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