[CPEO-IRF] Texarkana (TX) receives OEA grant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Grant will help area adjust from

By AARON BRAND
Texarkana Gazette
April 6, 2006

The Defense Department's Office of Economic Adjustment has approved 
community adjustment funds of $257,200 to help Texarkana respond to base 
closure and realignment decisions that will adjust Red River Army Depot 
work and close Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant.

The initial grant funds will be used as seed money to help the community 
plan for properties to recover any job losses that may result from the 
Base Realignment and Closure decisions, said Duane Lavery, executive 
director for the Red River Redevelopment Authority, the agency that will 
receive the funding.

"They're basically initial planning dollars to start developing the 
reuse strategies for redevelopment of the Lone Star property," Lavery 
said, noting RRAD is also included. "Funds will be used for salaries and 
operating expenses to start reviewing property inventories, conditions, 
and this information will be transferred to a reuse consultant down the 
road ..."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2006/04/06/local_news/news/news02.txt
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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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