[CPEO-IRF] Wilkes-Barre Army Reserve Center (PA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Reserve center awaits orders
The military facility set to close; government wants to hand it over for 
public use.

By RON BARTIZEK
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (PA)
May 22, 2006

PLAINS TWP. - The Department of Defense wants to give away the U.S. Army 
Reserve facility along Route 315, where citizen soldiers train and 
vehicles are stored.

Will there be any takers?

A classified ad published earlier this month invited expressions of 
interest in the 4-acre property, which includes three buildings that 
total 25,303 square feet. Preference is given to turning old facilities 
over for public-benefit uses, such as recreation or social services, 
said Lt. Col. Paul Burnham, 99th Regional Readiness Command Base 
Transition Coordinator.

“The last thing that we would do is sell that property,” Burnham said, 
although that is the final option if no public application for it surfaces.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/14637929.htm

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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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