[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Lawton Reserve Center, Seattle, WA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City wants to take lead in reuse of Fort Lawton

By Russ Zabel
Magnolia News (WA)
June 21, 2006

The Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center in Discovery Park will be closed 
down by 2009, and the city wants to take the lead in identifying new 
uses for the buildings and more than 30 acres of property at the site.


Mayor Greg Nickels announced last week that he intends to submit 
legislation to the Seattle City Council authorizing the city to develop 
a reuse plan for the property, which will become surplus when operations 
are moved to Fort Lewis.

The city would become a "local reuse authority" under the Base Closure 
Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994, according 
to a June 12 press release issued by the mayor's office.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/tab2.cfm?newsid=16820738&BRD=855&PAG=461&dept_id=513932&rfi=6

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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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