[CPEO-MEF] REUSE:: "Military Base Closures and the Towns They Leave Behind"

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Military Base Closures and the Towns They Leave Behind

By BRUCE WATSON
Daily Finance
August 17, 2010

On Sept. 8, 2005, the Department of Defense's Base Closure and 
Realignment Commission (BRAC) gave President George W. Bush a list of 20 
major military installations that it had determined were no longer 
necessary for the nation's defense. The president signed off on the 
list, and despite tepid opposition, it passed through the House of 
Representatives. By the end of the year, it was enacted, and a deadline 
was set: On or before Sept. 15, 2011, the 20 bases would shut their doors.

When a military facility closes, the ripple effect is felt throughout 
the surrounding community: Families lose their neighbors, businesses 
lose their customers and workers lose their jobs. In a thriving city, a 
closure can be an adrenalin shot to the local economy as hundreds of 
acres of land are suddenly made available for municipal growth and 
expansion.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/real-estate/military-base-closures-and-the-towns-they-leave-behind/19591698/

See also, Denver's Lowry Air Force Base Defies the Odds After the 
Military 
Departshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/story/real-estate/denvers-lowry-air-force-base-defies-odds-after-the-military-dep/19592781/

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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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