2014 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 15:38:03 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Residents want say about Perry-Fort McPherson [GA] plan"
 
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.”

...

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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