[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Knox (KY) growth

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Report reveals BRAC impact
Richardson compares initial imprint to Toyota plant in Georgetown


By JOSHUA COFFMAN
Elizabethtown News Enterprise (KY)
January 7, 2008

FORT KNOX - New numbers illustrate in detail expected growth from base 
realignment. And the impact appears substantial.

The figures, provided by the Lincoln Trail Area Development District and 
One Knox, predict a 20 percent increase in jobs and 40 percent increase 
in state and local tax revenues when all is said and done in 2012.

In the short term, more jobs will be created and taxes collected, as 
workers complete construction projects throughout the five-year BRAC 
transition period and soldiers are ushered in and out.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.newsenterpriseonline.com/articles/2008/01/08/news/news01.txt

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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>
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