[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Monroe (VA) study

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Monroe first step expected soon
The study on whether to recommend Fort Monroe as a national park should
be finished next year.

By SABINE HIRSCHAUER
Daily Press (VA)
December 7, 2007

HAMPTON - The decision to either plaster Fort Monroe with condos or to
turn it into a national park may soon come down to simple choices:
"possibly" or "not likely."

Early next year officials with the National Park Service will wrap up a
first study to recommend if Fort Monroe is "possibly" or "not likely" a
good fit to become a national park when the Army leaves in 2011.

Once that determination has been reached, it's up to Congress to set
aside more federal dollars - about $300,000 - for a more in-depth study.


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/newport_news/dp-news_fortmonroe_1207dec07,0,677591.story

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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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