[CPEO-MEF] REUSE - (Fort) Chaffee Crossing (AR) after the fire

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Fire Leaves Only 35 Buildings

By Mary L. Crider
FORT SMITH TIMES RECORD (AR)
February 21, 2008

Of the 190 buildings in the Chaffee Crossing fire area, 155 are gone, 
said Ivy Owen, Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority director.

“So there are 35 left standing or hanging or whatever you want to call 
it,” Owen told the Sebastian County Quorum Court on Tuesday.

The Jan. 29 Chaffee Crossing fire covered more than 100 acres.

Owen said the Redevelopment Authority is working with the county judge, 
the county Department of Emergency Management, the state and the city of 
Fort Smith to coordinate a cleanup effort at the site.

Owen told the justices of the peace he’s tired of hearing the fire being 
called “a blessing in disguise.” The World War II-era barracks buildings 
were slated for eventual demolition, but of demolition options, he said 
he’d rather use a pay as you tear down the buildings option than be hit 
with a $4.6 million fire debris cleanup bill.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2008/02/21/news/news01.txt


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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