[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Gillem (GA) plan approved

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plan approved for Gillem

By Daniel Silliman
Clayton News Daily (GA)
June 1, 2007

A plan for light-industrial use was unanimously approved for the future 
of Fort Gillem, Wednesday night, by the Forest Park Local Redevelopment 
Authority.

The LRA chose from three plans, which had been started by subcommittees 
made up of stakeholders, then reworked by professional planners.
The subcommittees initially produced three very different plans for the 
1,200-acre property that will be available after the Army leaves the 
installation in September 2011.

One called for mainly light-industrial development. A second favored 
mixed-use development designed around a central circle of greenspace. 
The third would use the space mostly for retail purposes, with a 
secondary development of housing.

After the professionals revised the plans, accounting for economic and 
environmental limitations, all three focused on light-industrial use, 
with a smattering of housing, retail, greenspace and other uses.
The LRA chose Alternative A, which had always been mainly dedicated to 
light-industrial use.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.news-daily.com/local/local_story_151000018.html?keyword=secondarystory

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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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