[CPEO-IRF] Doble Army Reserve Center, Portsmouth, NH

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Portsmouth council backs reuse of Doble reserve center

By MICHAEL GOOT
Foster's Daily Democrat (NH)
June 5, 2007


PORTSMOUTH - The Paul A. Doble Army Reserve Center, slated to close in 
2011, could be used for recreational or police facilities if a plan 
backed by the City Council on Monday comes to fruition.

A recommendation to close the center was made as part of the Base 
Closure and Realignment process in 2005. Operations would be 
consolidated to a new Armed Forces Reserve Center adjacent to Pease Air 
National Guard Base. The city expressed interest in acquiring the 
Cottage Street property, which would not become available until 2011 at 
the earliest.

The council had debated between a municipal and housing use of the 
property. At a previous public hearing, many neighbors came out to speak 
in opposition to the proposal to reuse the 3.4-acre property for 
housing, especially workforce housing. At its May 21 meeting, the 
council voted 8-1 to go forward with using the property for recreational 
or police uses and hold a final public hearing.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070605/FOSTERS01/106050287

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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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