[CPEO-IRF] Texarkana job losses

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BRAC help available to impacted communities

By AARON BRAND
Texarkana Gazette (TX)
August 31, 2005

Local officials say there are many avenues of assistance for communities 
that are impacted by the base closure and realignment process.

Texarkana, like many communities across the nation, is slated to lose 
jobs through this year's base closure process, though officials are 
hopeful that such problems can be stemmed and jobs ultimately gained, 
considering the increased workload at RRAD.

With Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant slated to close and some programs 
moving away from Red River Army Depot, the area could lose about 700 
jobs. Officials are still hopeful, though, that a plan to privatize 
LSAAP will work.

First among those assistance routes is the Office of Economic 
Adjustment, an arm of the Defense Department.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2005/08/31/local_news/news/news03.txt


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Lenny Siegel
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