2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 20 Jul 2007 20:25:28 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Pinon Canyon (CO) expansion on hold
 
Back to drawing board on Pinon Canyon

By PETER ROPER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN (CO)
July 20, 2007

Facing a possible cut-off in funding for the project, Army Secretary Pete Geren announced the Army is "going back to the drawing board" on the planned expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in order to consider ideas on how to help the regional economy as the Army goes ahead with its effort to acquire the 414,000 acres it wants to add to the training site northeast of Trinidad.

In a letter to Colorado Sens. Ken Salazar and Wayne Allard dated Thursday, Geren repeated the Army's often-stated goal of acquiring land from "willing sellers," but also said it intends to look at ways to offer some economic "enhancements" to the region.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1184916008/1

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