2010 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:12:38 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Reese Technology Center (TX)
 
September 30th marks the 13th birthday for Reese Technology Center

KCBD TV-11 News (Lubbock, TX)
September 30, 2010


LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Thursday, September 30, 2010 marks the 13th birthday for Reese Technology Center. On this day, 13 years ago, the flags were lowered at Reese Air Force Base (RAFB) and giving birth to what has now become one of the most successful base redevelopment efforts in the nation.

On September 30th, 1997, Reese was one of 97 bases closed by the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) commission. Reese now stands as the only base to complete the entire BRAC process and come out debt free and self supporting.

Reese is a campus centered in Education, Engineering, Research, and Technology. In the past 13 years the campus has had tremendous growth turning the negative loss of the base closure into economic development and 750 jobs for the entire region.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=13245135

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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