2007 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 1 Sep 2007 01:12:21 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Stratford Army Engine Plant (CT)
 
Army's good faith effort appreciated

Editorial
Connecticut Post
August 30, 2007

The U.S. Army's about-face on decommissioning the Stratford Army Engine Plant no doubt brought a lengthy sigh of relief from local and state public safety officials.

Stratford and state officials were justifiably worried when earlier this summer the Army announced that it would turn out the lights and shut off the water to the sprawling 78-acre property with its 56 buildings in the town's South End adjacent to Sikorsky Memorial Airport.

A concerted effort by U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3, Mayor James R. Miron and a host of other officials, including the director of the state's Division of Fire, Emergency and Building Services, convinced the Army to rethink its position.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.connpost.com/ci_6762397?source=most_emailed

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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
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