[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Ingleside (TX) group seeks funds

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Base redevelopment group seeks funding
Obama's plan for economy draws interest

By Fanny S. Chirinos
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (TX)
January 13, 2009

CORPUS CHRISTI - Improvements to County Road 52 in Calallen have much to 
do with business being conducted in Ingleside, said members of the 
Ingleside Local Redevelopment Authority.

The group charged with planning the redevelopment of 155 surplus acres 
at Naval Station Ingleside agrees that the economy of the area affected 
by the base's closure will benefit from the Calallen-area project 
because many employees of Kiewit Offshore Services live in Calallen. The 
base, which is near Kiewit, is scheduled to close by Sept. 30, 2010.

The city of Ingleside and the Coastal Bend stand to lose 4,135 direct 
and indirect jobs as a result of the closure. The road improvements were 
among seven items approved as part of the authority's federal stimulus 
projects.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/jan/13/base-redevelopment-group-seeks-funding/

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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
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