[CPEO-IRF] Red River Depot and Lone Star Ammo Plant (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Officials say reuse plans give a road map to land development

By Aaron Brand
Texarkana Gazette (TX)
June 30, 2007

Last Tuesday's meeting to discuss the future of local depot and 
ammunition plant land sparked more than heated discussion. It also 
provided a general direction development can take. At the reuse plan 
public forums hosted by the Red River Redevelopment Authority in both 
New Boston and Texarkana, Texas, it's clear the approximately 15,500 
acres at Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and 3,800 acres at Red River 
Army Depot are vital to the future of the region. How that future takes 
shape is one of the central questions of concern to local citizens and 
officials. Duane Lavery, RRRA executive director, said the group is 
preparing responses to the many questions that arose Tuesday.

"There were a lot of concerns that were raised in Tuesday's meetings and 
we feel it's appropriate to respond to those concerns from the Day & 
Zimmermann work force," Lavery said. He said most of the e-mails the 
redevelopment authority received generated questions about federal 
impact aid, property taxes, timber and cemeteries. "Those are the main 
ones and then of course the concern about DZI jobs after closure," 
Lavery said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/localnews/2007/06/30/officials_say_reuse_plans_give_a_road_map_to_land_development.php

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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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