[CPEO-IRF] San Antonio (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Military's local impact spelled out in hard numbers in new study

by Catherine Dominguez
San Antonio Business Journal (TX)
November 28, 2007

The City of San Antonio released a study Wednesday on the economic 
impact that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has on the local 
community. The results reveal that impact tipped the scales at $13.3 
billion for 2006.

That number is more than double what the city has touted in the past.

The figure includes the impact from the military bases, retired military 
personnel and DOD contractors.

The study, which was commissioned by the city's Military Transformation 
Task Force, will be key in promoting the future growth of the city and 
in its efforts to continue to work in unison with the military, city 
officials say.

The study also highlights the projected impact of the military base 
adjustments now under way as a result of the Pentagon's 2005 Base 
Realignment and Closure (BRAC) decisions.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2007/11/26/daily23.html

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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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