[CPEO-IRF] Williams AFB (AZ) reuse zone re-established

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Governor lifts Williams' status

By Dennis Welch
East Valley/Scottsdale Tribune (AZ)
October 20, 2006


Gov. Janet Napolitano returned a vital economic tool Thursday to Mesa's 
Williams Gateway Airport in a move local leaders think will sustain the 
region's ongoing redevelopment efforts. Napolitano issued an executive 
order re-establishing the airport as a military reuse zone for the next 
10 years, meaning the country's armed forces can use the former Air 
Force base if needed.

But more importantly, at least in terms of economic development, it 
clears the way for the airport to offer incentives such as tax breaks 
and abatements to attract companies and create jobs.

The designation is nothing new for the the airport. It had been a reuse 
zone for the military since 1996 until it expired in July. During that 
decade, airport officials used the incentives to lure nearly 40 
businesses and create more than 1,400 jobs.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=77007

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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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