[CPEO-IRF] Ingleside (TX) - "Life after BRAC"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Life after B.R.A.C.

Shaun Hegarty
KRIS-TV 6 (Corpus Christi, TX)
November 9, 2005

INGLESIDE - It's been two months since B.R.A.C. Commissioners decided to 
close Naval Station Ingleside. Since then local leaders have been trying 
to decide what's next for the base.

Back in 1985, Corpus Christi almost became the new home port for the 
U.S.S. Wisconsin. The Wisconsin never came here; instead Naval Station 
Ingleside took its current form as the Navy's Mine Warfare Center of 
Excellence.

Ingleside brought in nearly 4,000 jobs, with an economic impact of about 
250 million dollars each year. Local business owners say about a quarter 
of their business came from the Navy, but now it's all going away and 
Ingleside will have to create a new identity.

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4097599

--
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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