Florida County Counters MacDill AFB Encroachment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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County Wins Grant To Buy Land Near MacDill

By RICHARD LARDNER
Tampa Bay Online
July 2, 2004

TAMPA - Hillsborough County has won a $293,000 state grant to begin
buying land near MacDill Air Force Base, Gov. Jeb. Bush announced
Thursday. 

The money, which will be used to create an undeveloped buffer around
portions of the base, is part of a broader strategy to improve
operations at MacDill and bolster its chances of surviving next year's
round of national base closings. 

"It's just a matter of preserving the land around the perimeters of the
base to make sure that the base is able to continue in its mission,"
said Roy Collins, of the city's Economic Development Office. "This is a
good start in doing that."

Technically, the state and local effort to reduce "urban encroachment"
near MacDill is separate from the base-closure process being handled in
Washington. 

However, encroachment can undercut a base's military value and make it a
candidate for closure or downsizing. Eager to protect MacDill and
Florida's 20 other military facilities, the state pays for projects
aimed at making the installations more efficient and the neighborhoods
around them more livable. 

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 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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