[CPEO-IRF] Colorado advice for Brunswick (ME)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Expert advice offered on BNAS

Base redevelopment specialist speaks to the Southern Midcoast Chamber of 
Commerce.

Christopher Cousins
Brunswick Times Record (ME)
January 13, 2006

BRUNSWICK — These military base redevelopment experts are all starting 
to sound the same. That's because, according to one of them who 
addressed area business leaders Thursday, there's a formula for success 
that's been used all over the country.

Part of the formula is hearing about the experiences of others, even if 
the stories do start to sound the same, said Paul Tauer, who led the 
redevelopment of two large bases in Colorado.

His remarks at a gathering of hundreds of people at the Southern 
Midcoast Maine Chamber's annual meeting were centered around the idea 
that there are certain ingredients a redevelopment effort needs for success.

"I'm not here to tell you what to do; that's for you to decide," said 
Tauer, speaking to the large group at a dinner meeting in Bowdoin 
College's Thorne Hall. "Maybe some of the lessons we learned will be 
helpful in your process. The most important thing I can tell you is that 
you will make it happen. Don't let it happen to you."

Tauer, president of the consulting firm Tauer Solutions, worked on the 
redevelopment of Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center and Lowry Air Force 
Base, both of which were closed by a previous BRAC round. He also served 
two terms as mayor of the Aurora, Colo., from 1987 to 2003.

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesrecord.com/website/main.nsf/news.nsf/0/F7A4DA48804DD959052570F5005BA15F?Opendocument

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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