[CPEO-IRF] Ft. McPherson (GA) plan announced

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Governor Announces Major Economic Impact Concept for Fort McPherson
Local Redevelopment Authority Votes on Final Proposal for Army

Duluth Weekly (GA)
September 13, 2007

ATLANTA - State and local officials, led by Governor Sonny Perdue, Mayor 
Shirley Franklin of Atlanta, Mayor Joseph Macon of East Point and Fulton 
County Commission Chairman John Eaves, today outlined and confirmed 
their commitment to visionary economic-impact plans for future re-use of 
the Fort McPherson property located in Southwest Atlanta.

Following a meeting of the McPherson Planning Local Redevelopment 
Authority (MPLRA), Governor Perdue announced that as part of the MPLRA 
proposal to the Army for the redevelopment of the Fort McPherson 
property, the state of Georgia is seeking for the Army to convey, at no 
cost, an approximately 115-acre parcel of the Fort McPherson property 
for the purpose of creating a scientific research park.

"The creation of a scientific research park in Georgia will provide 
significant economic development for the state of Georgia for decades to 
come," said Governor Sonny Perdue. "The state of Georgia's commitment to 
develop a research park will help enhance a location that may otherwise 
be negatively impacted by the loss of the Fort McPherson military 
community."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theweekly.com/news/2007/September/13/Fort_McPherson.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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