[CPEO-IRF] Sheppard Air Force Base

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

City ponders post-BRAC future

By Clayton Hein
Wichita Falls Times Record News (TX)
November 12, 2007

An open discussion at the Multi-Purpose Events Center Monday evening 
gave the citizens of Wichita Falls a glimpse at their potential economic 
future.

With the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's recommended 
cutbacks at Sheppard Air Force Base, city leadership wanted to extend an 
invitation to citizens in a multi-step process, according to local Board 
of Commerce and Industry President Tim Chase.

University economists say the local economy is growing annually by about 
3 percent. But with the implementation of BRAC's policies, the economy 
will take about a 1.2 percent hit every year until 2010.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2007/nov/12/city-ponders-post-brac-future/
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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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