[CPEO-IRF] Galena (AK) transition

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Galena working toward transition

By Margaret Friedenauer
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
April 9, 2007

It's a time of change and uncertainty for Galena.

The town with about 650 residents that sits on the north bank of the 
Yukon River about 250 miles west of Fairbanks is preparing to lose a 
partnership with the U.S. Air Force it's known and relied on for nearly 
half a century.

The federal government's 2005 Base Realignment and Closure decision will 
remove the Air Force from Galena by September 2008. Officials figure 
about 40 percent of the town's jobs depend on the Air Force. In 
preparing for that transition, town and tribal officials are looking to 
a variety of options, including the expansion of its boarding school, 
the possible arrival of a state-wide military youth academy program and 
even some private ventures that might be enough to keep the 
infrastructure standing and economy viable after the Air Force is gone. 
It's a long and tedious process.

...

For the entire article, see
http://newsminer.com/2007/04/09/6397/

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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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