[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Gov. Bob McDonnell approves Fort Monroe [VA] master plan"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Gov. Bob McDonnell approves Fort Monroe master plan

By Robert Brauchle
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
December 12, 2013

HAMPTON - Outgoing Gov. Bob McDonnell on Thursday announced his  
approval of Fort Monroe's master plan.

The document guides how land and buildings will be used on the  
decommissioned Army post as the property just west of the Hampton  
Roads Bridge-Tunnel morphs into a civilian community.

McDonnell's signature grants a number of powers to the Fort Monroe  
Authority, including the ability to sell homes and portions of the  
313 acres it now owns.

"It should be said that the board, staff and citizens have put in a  
lot of work toward this master plan," Fort Monroe Authority Executive  
Director Glenn Oder said. "It's been a big undertaking for our  
organization."

The Army decommissioned the post in September 2011 and has since  
worked with the authority to sublease apartments to residents;  
commercial buildings to companies and public agencies; and the  
beaches and the fishing pier to the city of Hampton.

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For the entire article, see
http://articles.dailypress.com/2013-12-12/news/dp-nws-fort-monroe- 
governor-master-plan-20131213_1_fort-monroe-authority-master-plan- 
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