[CPEO-IRF] Reports from the Defense Communities conference

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Base Closings Spawn An Industry
From communities on the dreaded list come officials seeking guidance on 
redevelopment

By ANTHONY CRONIN
The Day (New London, CT)
June 5, 2005

Denver - The business of base closings is big business.

Inside the cavernous exhibit hall of the Colorado Convention Center, row 
upon row of exhibit booths offer assistance this weekend to the nearly 
1,000 who came to the Mile High City to learn about the federal base 
closing and consolidation process.

Business consultants, environmental experts, property management firms, 
leasing experts, even public relations firms are staffing booths. All 
have expertise in the base closing business, which has grown up since 1988.

And now as hundreds of communities prepare for the latest, 2005 round of 
closings and consolidations, ample advice is available from those who 
have mastered the art of transforming a former military base into 
apartment complexes, shopping plazas or gleaming medical centers.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=ff9714aa-44e1-4ef7-bb11-fa1b7a6f6bb6

See also

Survivors Outline Life After BRAC
Planning, grants and gumption are keys to redeveloping bases, say 
speakers at conference

By ANTHONY CRONIN
The Day (New London, CT)
June 5, 2005

Denver - At the 2005 annual conference of the Association of Defense 
Communities, meeting here this weekend, Hilarie Portell told people from 
communities where base closings loom that they need to gather strength 
when faced with a closing.

Portell's community had been home to the Lowry Air Force Base in 
Colorado, closed in 1994 by the Pentagon.

For the entire article, see
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=799C8BC1-FDE8-4FCF-80E7-7BFE4A61C8F2

--
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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