[CPEO-IRF] Huntsville (AL) BRAC preparations

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

BRAC contract awarded
Chamber to decide on roads, schools, utilities necessary


Huntsville Times (AL)
October 31, 2007

The Madison County Commission has awarded a 14-month, $650,000 contract 
to the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce to develop a plan 
to identify the roads, schools and utilities needs for BRAC.

Chamber Chairman Evans Quinlivan said the chamber is uniquely suited to 
handle the services called for in the contract.

"As the lead economic development entity of Madison County, many of the 
tasks assigned in the contract are what we do," said Quinlivan, CEO of 
First American Bank.

Money for the grant for the Tennessee Valley Regional BRAC Growth 
Coordination Plan comes from the Department of Defense Office of 
Economic Adjustment, an agency that helps communities deal with defense 
program changes, including base closures or realignments.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.al.com/business/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/business/1193831104297500.xml&coll=1


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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