[CPEO-IRF] Engineer Proving Ground, Ft. Belvoir, VA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Houses Unlikely on EPG
Army officials say houses on EPG not part of current plans.

By Amber Healy
Springfield Connection (VA)
September 20, 2006


The already controversial proposal to build an Army museum on the 
Engineer Proving Ground in Springfield got a little more contentious 
last week, when Supervisor Gerry Hyland (D-Mount Vernon) said a proposal 
to build 4,500 residential units had been submitted.

Don Carr, a representative of Fort Belvoir, said that the offering was 
part of an "unsolicited proposal" submitted by the Universal Studios, 
the same company that has theme parks in Florida and California, last 
year that also included what has been called a "theme park"-style 
museum, hotel and conference center.

"They put together an idea for the Army, the Army didn't ask for it," 
Carr said. "Essentially, what it said was, if you let us develop these 
different ways to create a funding stream, we'd like to build the museum 
at the EPG."

However, Carr insists that the Army is not interested in putting 
residential units on the EPG site, which will soon be home to 18,000 
military and civilian employees as part of the BRAC changes to take 
place by Sept. 12, 2011.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=71316&paper=72&cat=104


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Lenny Siegel
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