[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Lee (VA) growth

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Officials figure out how to accommodate Fort Lee's growth

Susan Robertson
Petersburg Progress-Index (VA)
September 14, 2005

PRINCE GEORGE - Rep. J. Randy Forbes, R-4th, hosted a luncheon yesterday 
at the Comfort Inn on Oaklawn Boulevard to brief local leaders from the 
Tri-Cities and surrounding counties on how Base Realignment and Closure 
Commission's decision to bring nearly 12,000 jobs to the area will 
affect their communities.

"It is a great day for all of us," said Forbes. "I don't know of any 
other region that did a better job of coming together."

On Aug. 24, the BRAC Commission upheld Department of Defense 
recommendations with regards to Fort Lee. If the president approves the 
BRAC recommendations on Nov. 7, Fort Lee will gain 6,531 employees, 
1,151 civilians and 56 contractors for a total of 7,344 addition post 
personnel.

State and local officials banded together and created a Regional BRAC 
Committee in an effort, not only to preserve Fort Lee, but to expand it.

Over a period of three years, more than $100 million was put into 
renovating the housing at Fort Lee to make it top notch. Local and post 
officials worked to promote Fort Lee as a joint training center for all 
branches of the military. Officials also worked to acquire land near 
post that had previously been conveyed to the state and the federal 
Bureau of Prisons so that Fort Lee would have sufficient space to 
conduct their weapons training exercises.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15210030&BRD=2271&PAG=461&dept_id=462946&rfi=6


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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
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