[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Myrtle Beach (SC) aviation park

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Myrtle Beach Aviation Park Plans Underway
City Hopes To Convert Former Air Force Base To Commercial Use

Aero-News
August 29, 2009

The Myrtle Beach, SC city council got its first look at plans to convert 
parts of the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base into an Aviation Park, 
which Hugh Owens with the Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development 
Corporation says could bring thousands of jobs to the area and millions 
of dollars to the local economy.

The base began life as a civilian airport in 1937, but was converted to 
military operation in 1940 and used for training during WWII, as well as 
a base for coastal patrol operations. It was reverted to civilian use in 
1947, and then back to a military facility in 1956. It was finally 
turned back to civilian control in 1993 as part of the BRAC process. 
Myrtle Beach International Airport assumed control of the runway, but 
much of the land remained undeveloped for civilian use


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http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=80bb4f23-e536-4817-b970-0ac3b170d36e

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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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