[CPEO-MEF] Beaufort (SC) anti-encroachment partnership

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DoD Officials on Plans for Base Encroachment Prevention

WTOC 11-TV (GA/SC)
May 24, 2005

When you build it, they do come, whether it's a baseball diamond or a 
military base. And too much development around bases can be a problem. 
They're protecting Beaufort's bases in a way that has Washington's 
attention.

Department of Defense officials have been meeting with local community 
and military leaders about how they've managed to keep Marine Corps Air 
Station Beaufort free from too much development so they can use it as a 
model in other parts of the country.

And while they were here, DoD officials took time out to talk with us 
about their plans.

After talking with local community and military leaders over the past 
couple of days, they say Beaufort has something a lot of military 
communities don't. "The thing that strikes me the most is the real 
partnership that exists between the Marine Corps and the county," said 
the department's Jan Larkin. "That's exciting to me."

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3387516&nav=0qq6aFWx

--
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
http://www.cpeo.org


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