[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (NJ) buffers

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Towns around joint base seek a say in its growth
Jobs and development are at issue as an Army-Navy-Air Force complex 
takes shape in South Jersey.

By Edward Colimore
Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
August 3, 2008

Each side has its needs: The military wants its space. The towns want to 
cash in.

The nation's only contiguous Army-Navy-Air Force megabase is seeking 
land buffers around its 60 square miles in Burlington and Ocean 
Counties. Military leaders don't want homes or schools next to airfields.

The 10 surrounding towns, meanwhile, would like help preserving land and 
coordinating business development. Local leaders don't want to see the 
restaurants and shops in their communities duplicated on Joint Base 
McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20080803_Towns_around_joint_base_seek_a_say_in_its_growth.html

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