[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: New Orleans Naval Support Activity Facility (LA)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Neighbors fear not enough security as old Naval Base closes

by Britney Dixon
WGNO TV-News (New Orleans, LA)
July 11, 2022

NEW ORLEANS — One of the city’s largest safety hazards, the old Naval Support Activity Facility, was cleared out Monday morning.

“It was a wonderful place, but to come out here now and see how it looks, I can’t believe it,” said a neighbor, who did not want her face on camera.

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Monday morning, dozens of people were pulled from the homeless encampment and relocated to start the long process of Joe Jaegger’s development plan.

“We anticipate that will be around $120 million with about 300 units of housing, a little more than 40,000 square feet of retail and commercial with a lot of parking and site improvements,” Director of Economic Development Jeff Schwartz said.

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For the entire story, see
https://wgno.com/news/local/neighbors-fear-not-enough-security-as-old-naval-base-closes/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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