[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Pease Air Force Base (NH)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Pease - It will get better

Seth Koenig
Brunswick Times Record (ME)
August 7, 2008

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - The city of Portsmouth, N.H., provides Mid-coast 
Maine residents a long view. Whereas the jury is arguably still out on 
the successes of redevelopment efforts near Fort Devens, Mass., and 
Plattsburgh, N.Y., the civilian planning for reuse of Pease Air Force 
Base in New Hampshire is nearly 20 years along.

In 1988, Pease was named one of the military installations to be closed 
as part of the federal Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. 
Statistics compiled in 1989 show that, with just more than a year to go 
as an active base, Pease was home to nearly 3,500 active-duty military 
and nearly 1,100 civilian employees.

In 1988, Pease was considered the first "major installation" tapped for 
closure by the BRAC commission, and there were no nearby communities two 
decades ahead in the redevelopment process to glean advice from. There 
were no road maps or blueprints for success. Local officials had to 
learn as they went along.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesrecord.com/website/main.nsf/news.nsf/0/505848E8592F3EFB8525749E0051F274?Opendocument

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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