[CPEO-IRF] David Taylor Research Center (MD)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

David Taylor rots on banks of Severn
Despite promises, no progress made on redeveloping abandoned Naval base

By KATIE ARCIERI and ERIN COX
Capital Gazette (MD)
August 5, 2007

Down a narrow road into the heart of this former Naval base, old 
satellite dishes stand like lone soldiers in a barren battlefield. Paint 
peels off rows of battered buildings. A bulldozer rests where 
construction should have begun years ago.
These are the remains.

The once-thriving David Taylor Research Center at the mouth of the 
Severn River used to pump $100 million a year into the local economy.

Defense cutbacks led the Navy to abandon operations nearly a decade ago.

Debate raged through the 1990s over how to redevelop the valuable 
waterfront property. County officials sought to rebuild it as an 
economic engine. Neighbors, meanwhile, fought plans that would increase 
traffic.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/08_05-31/TOP

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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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