[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Key West (FL) waterfront

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

What's next for Land Trust waterfront site?
Rossi floats civic center as a possibility

By SEAN KINNEY
Keynoter (FL)
January 9, 2010

With a Bahama Conch Community Land Trust development out of the 
question, what's next for Truman Waterfront property the trust had eyed?

A backup plan is far from concrete, but Key West City Commissioner Mark 
Rossi suggests using a former U.S. Navy building on the 6.6-acre parcel 
as the foundation of a future convention center.

The large building, although long disused, has the mechanical assets to 
accommodate a 3,000-meal-per-day mess hall.

"I think that mess hall could be very, very good integrated into the 
community," Rossi said. "I think it's a perfect place to have a civic 
center/convention center."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.keysnet.com/news/story/176657.html

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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
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