[CPEO-IRF] Willow Grove (PA) security hub

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Willow Grove base to become a security hub
The air station will be leased to the state. It will house military 
units as well as civilian agencies. The job outlook is unclear.

By Amy Worden
Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
June 1, 2007

HARRISBURG - The battle over Willow Grove Naval Air Station has taken 
more twists and turns than a Blue Angels Hornet - from federal court to 
Congress and from the state House to the White House.

But with a stroke of his pen, President Bush last week all but ended the 
two-year struggle to save the 1,100-acre base, 15 miles north of 
Philadelphia, and cleared the way for a new chapter to begin for an 
installation with a rich aviation history.

Gov. Rendell said he envisions the base - with its 8,000-foot runway, 
large storage and training facilities, and independent power-generating 
station - as a model homeland security center for the mid-Atlantic 
region. Under the plan, military units would be based there, along with 
civilian emergency response and preparedness operations.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20070601_Base_to_become_hub_for_security.html

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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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