[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Expanding HUBZones at Closed Bases

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Poliquin praised for effort to add business incentives at former  
Brunswick Navy base

By Beth Brogan
Bangor Daily News (ME)
April 30, 2015,

BRUNSWICK, Maine - The House Armed Services Committee on Thursday  
approved an amendment to the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act  
that, if approved by the Senate, would allow businesses on and near  
the former Brunswick Naval Air Station to qualify for a business  
incentive program offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone) program  
provides incentives to businesses affected by recent military base  
closures and those affiliated with the civilian redevelopment of  
closed military installations. Brunswick Naval Air Station, now  
called Brunswick Landing, closed in 2011 under the most recent  
Department of Defense’s Base Realignment and Closure process.

The HUBZone provides an advantage in acquiring federal government  
contracts to any qualifying business. Currently, a business qualifies  
for the program if at least 35 percent of its employees live on the  
former military base.

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For the entire article, see
https://bangordailynews.com/2015/04/30/business/poliquin-praised-for- 
effort-to-add-business-incentives-at-former-brunswick-navy-base/

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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
Fax: 650/961-8918
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