[CPEO-IRF] Ingleside's (TX) hope for a post-Navy future

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Small city has hopes for redevelopment after base closure

LYNN BREZOSKY
Associated Press
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
April 22, 2006

INGLESIDE, Texas - The sign just outside town boasts that it's "Navy 
Country," but this quiet city on the edge of Corpus Christi Bay will 
have to find something else to brag about.

Cruise Ship Center? Research Hub? Rig Yard Country?

Since the Pentagon's decision last year to shut down Naval Station 
Ingleside by 2011 in the latest round of military base closures, local 
officials have been busy figuring out what to do with the sprawling 
installation.

"I think we'll have a lot of the best minds in the area working on it 
and we're guardedly optimistic," Ingleside Mayor Gene Stewart said. 
"It's going to be a challenge. Obviously, we're looking for a facility 
to replace it that has a lot of high-paying jobs. That's our dream."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/14402552.htm

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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