[CPEO-MEF] Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station (SC) and encroachment

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Navy secretary lauds Beaufort Marines, community

By LORI YOUNT
Beaufort Gazette
June 26 2007

Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter told Beaufort leaders he was 
impressed with the community's understanding relationship with its bases 
and "to hold onto what you've got" during his visit Monday to Marine 
Corps Air Station Beaufort.

...

"Right now this community has an opportunity to ensure (the air station) 
serves the needs not only of the Marine Corps of the present but also 
the Marine Corps of the future."

Local leaders assured Winter they were doing just that with land-use 
restrictions passed in December to limit development near the base and 
with a partnership between the county and federal governments to buy 
land rights to create buffer zones around the air station.

The partnership has bought 184 acres since 2004, and with approval of a 
$50 million bond referendum, officials are looking to buy up even more 
development rights, Beaufort County Council Chairman Weston Newton said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.beaufortgazette.com/local_news/story/6563590p-5842182c.html

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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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