2008 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:16:13 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] REALIGNMENT: Middletown Training Facility (CT)
 
Army Reopens Process Of Selecting Middletown Training Facility


Hartford Courant (CT)
By JODIE MOZDZER
August 20, 2008

MIDDLETOWN -

Resident and government opposition to the Army's preferred site for a regional training facility in Middletown has led Army officials to reopen the site selection process.

While the Boardman Lane site, in the Westfield section of the city, remains a possible location, the Army will now also look at smaller sites than it originally needed.

The change follows a recommendation by Gov. M. Jodi Rell that the National Guard's 250th Engineering Company be excluded from the facility, allowing the project to be scaled down. The engineering unit would remain in New London, while six other National Guard units would eventually be located in Middletown in the facility of more than 200,000 square feet.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-midarmy0820.artaug20,0,1186655.story

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