[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Residents want say about Perry-Fort McPherson [GA] plan"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Residents want say about Perry-Fort McPherson plan

By Katie Leslie and J. Scott Trubey
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
August 7, 2014

State Sen. Vincent Fort and residents of the Fort McPherson area are  
calling for more transparency about a proposed plan to sell a large  
portion of the former Army post to filmmaker Tyler Perry.

The residents said Thursday they'd worked for years on a plan to  
remake the closed fort into a life science and technology park. They  
say they were cut out of the process since talks between Perry and  
civilian authorities started earlier this year.

"Is this deal a good deal or not?" said Fort, D-Atlanta, flanked by  
several community members. “No one can make that assessment if the  
deal is done in secrecy and without input from the community.”

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ajc.com/news/business/economy/residents-want-say-about- 
perry-fort-mcpherson-plan/ngxNL/

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