[CPEO-IRF] Williams Gateway Airport (AZ)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Farms, air base, GM shaped Gateway

Art Thomason
The Arizona Republic
September 21, 2006

Imagine a canvas portraying dots of white cotton and strands of golden 
hay around large swatches of Air Force blue and General Motors' greenbacks.

Such an abstract would summarize the colorful history of what now is 
touted as the most economically vital patch of land and development in 
the Southeast Valley.

Before the colors began fading into a rapidly changing landscape, they 
symbolized military, industrial research and agricultural entities that 
generated an annual economic impact of more than $500 million and 5,000 
jobs.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0921mr-ulihistory0921Z11.html#

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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
http://www.cpeo.org

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