[CPEO-MEF] Proposed Elgin AFB land swap

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Private interests eyeing Air Force beach land in Panhandle

Associated Press
Miami Herald (FL)
December 10, 2004

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - Potential developers are eying a piece of Air
Force-owned beachfront that is surrounded by hotels and tourist
attractions, but military officials say they have no plans yet to sell
or swap the property.

Owners of the Shoal River Ranch are the latest to express interest in
the 16-acre parcel on the Gulf of Mexico that belongs to Eglin Air Force
Base. The land is on the eastern end of Santa Rosa Island near this
Florida Panhandle city.

David Stockman, director of real estate for the Davis family, which owns
the 11,000-acre ranch, said family representatives have met with Eglin
officials and discussed trading some of their land on Eglin's northern
border for the beach property.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/10378792.htm?1c

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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
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