[CPEO-MEF] National Ground Intelligence Center, Charlottesville, VA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Conflict delayed land deal
County vote to aid NGIC, area developer

By Jessica Kitchin
Charlottesville Daily Progress (VA)
May 7, 2006

With the clock ticking on a project that could bring hundreds of jobs to 
Albemarle County, federal and local officials and a key developer spent 
weeks at loggerheads before reaching a deal that would allow for the 
expansion of the National Ground Intelligence Center.

The county’s goal was to get NGIC the land it needed adjacent to its 
site along northbound U.S. 29. Although local officials are confident 
that the deal will keep NGIC in Albemarle, the move also benefits 
landowner Wendell Wood, who has gotten an unusual pass to build in an 
area the county had sought to keep rural.

How Wood, the county and the federal government came to their agreement 
offers a glimpse into the political give-and-take that  helps shape 
development in Albemarle, a booming locality where officials must 
balance their efforts to control growth with their desire for the right 
types of new jobs.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle%2FCDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137835916187&path=!news


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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>
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