[CPEO-IRF] Cecil Field (FL) economic study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cecil Field's Future
PETITION FOR CHARTER AMENDMENT

News4Jax.com (Jacksonville, FL)
October 25, 2006

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Perhaps the hottest contest on the Duval County 
ballot next month isn't between two candidates, but over an issue: 
whether Cecil Field should be returned to the Navy.

The city has developed the Westside property as the Cecil Commerce 
Center since the Navy jets were moved to Virginia and North Carolina and 
Cecil Field in 1999.

Last summer, the Base Closure and Realignment Commission found that 
civilian encroachment around Naval Air Station Oceana was interfering 
with pilot training. BRAC voted to consider moving the jets back to the 
Westside base -- if the city and state could make the property available 
-- setting the stage for this vote.

The latest shot in the battle was fired by the Chamber of Commerce as it 
released a study on Wednesday that found the continued development of 
the property as the Cecil Commerce Center would bring more money and 
jobs to the community than a Navy base would.

The study, done by Orlando-based economist Dr. Henry Fishkind of 
Fishkind and Associates, found that the economic impact of Commerce 
Center by 2030 would be $7.9 billion per year. Fishkind said the annual 
impact of a reopened Navy base would be $2.6 billion.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.news4jax.com/news/10157968/detail.html

--
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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