[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Arlington (VA) plans to replace leased Defense offices

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Arlington to spend millions revamping Crystal City

By Markham Heid
Washington Examiner
May 13, 2010

Arlington County officials are preparing to spend millions of dollars on 
Crystal City during the next five years as the Army's plan to relocate 
thousands of area workers has threatened to sap the life from the 
neighborhood.

Roughly 13,000 workers are expected to vacate Crystal City offices and 
workplaces during the next half decade as part of the military's "Base 
Realignment and Closure" plan.

Those lost jobs, coupled with the neighborhood's aging buildings and 
automobile-centric layout, have spurred county plans to allocate roughly 
$90 million over the next five years to revamp Crystal City's roads and 
parks.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Arlington-to-spend-millions-revamping-Crystal-City-93593019.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
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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