[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Ft. Monmouth (NJ) revised plan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Fort's $1B Redevelopment Plan Gets Revised

By Eric Peterson
GlobeSt.com
July 23, 2008

EATONTOWN, NJ - As part of its statutory requirement to garner community 
input for plans to redevelop the 1,100-acre Fort Monmouth after the 
90-year-old base closes in 2011, the fort's redevelopment agency this 
week rolled out the latest incarnation of those plans. Three adjoining 
towns are affected: Eatontown, Tinton Falls and Oceanport.

The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority, a locally 
based state agency headed by long-time development exec Frank Cosentino, 
unveiled initial plans in March, and the latest plans developed by San 
Francisco-based planners EDAW Inc. alter the scenario a bit in terms of 
layout and composition. FMERPA has a Sept. 8, 2008 deadline for getting 
final plans to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. 
Fort Monmouth is a casualty of the 2005 BRAC cuts, with its functions 
moving to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.globest.com/news/1206_1206/newjersey/172553-1.html

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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