[CPEO-IRF] Grand Forks (ND)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BRAC: Planning for the future
GF city, county meets with Pentagon economic experts

By Tu-Uyen Tran
Grand Forks Herald (ND)
July 22, 2005

Grand Forks Air Force Base might be off the closure list, but that 
didn't stop city and county officials from meeting Thursday with 
officials from a Pentagon agency that helps communities deal with the 
impact of military bases.

"Why do anything else?" city administrative coordinator Rick Duquette 
asked by way of introduction. "We've got great news. But there is a need 
for planning even if the base gets bigger."

Dave MacKinnon, associate director of the Office of Economic Adjustment, 
clarified. With the base responsible for 7.4 percent of the workforce, 
he said, the Grand Forks area is overly dependent on military spending. 
If the base were to expand as has been suggested, he said, that only 
means greater dependency.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/12193452.htm


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Lenny Siegel
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