[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Looking back at the Pease Air Force Base (NH) closure

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

End of Pease Air Force Base era ushered in bustling future of business

By Charles McMahon
Seacoastonline.com
March 31, 2011
Editor's note: This is the first in an ongoing series on the past,  
present and future of Pease International Tradeport.



PORTSMOUTH - Twenty years ago today, Pease Air Force Base closed its  
gate for the last time, marking the departure of the Strategic Air  
Command's 509th Bomb Wing and thousands of military personnel.

To some, the event was the end of an era. To others, it was the  
beginning of another.

Out of the economic blow that was the dissolution of the Air Force  
base and the loss of nearly 10,000 people came the creation of an  
autonomous business park development called Pease International  
Tradeport, governed by the Pease Development Authority.

Before the PDA was formed, there was a group of lawmakers, municipal  
officials and stakeholders from the Seacoast that worked diligently  
to ensure the 4,255 acres of military land would not go to waste  
after the closure.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20110331-NEWS-103310397

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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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