[CPEO-IRF] Changes in San Antonio (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Area revitalization may be key to Fort Sam plan

By W. Scott Bailey
San Antonio Business Journal (TX)/MSNBC
May 29, 2005

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's recommendations for the Base 
Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) could lead to an investment in 
Fort Sam Houston by the federal government rivaling Toyota's plans for 
the South Side.

Those recommendations also may force the city to create a comprehensive 
rehabilitation plan for the blighted avenues surrounding the massive 
Army post.

On May 13, Rumsfeld recommended closing Brooks City-Base and 32 other 
installations across the nation as part of the 2005 BRAC process. He 
also recommended several base adjustments, including the relocation of 
the 59th Medical Wing from Lackland's Wilford Hall Medical Center to 
Fort Sam Houston, where it would be merged with Brooke Army Medical 
Center as part of a new San Antonio Regional Medical Center.

...

For the entire article, see
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8034298/


--
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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