[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Solid Outlook Ammo Plant Fires Up Jobs

Riverbank News (CA)
August 19, 2009


Things are coming along nicely at the Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant.

Following recent talks with Army officials, Riverbank Economic 
Development Department Manager Debbie Olson said the Army has ceased 
operations there and is ready to convey the base to the city.

Four out of the 10 existing companies at the base want to expand while 
others wish to move in and the future industrial park is expected to 
produce more than 1,000 jobs within the next three years.

"Last year we could not even get onto the site. Now we expect to have an 
office there by the end of August," Olson told Riverbank City Council 
members at their Aug. 10 meeting. "The Army has moved out. Now it's 
concerned there's nobody there to sign the lease. We need the Army to 
move some property out of our way."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.theriverbanknews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=36261&TM=47940.09

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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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