[CPEO-MEF] PRESERVATION, REUSE: Historic arch hangar at former Loring Air Force Base, ME

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former Maine air base’s future hinges on a historic, crumbling hangar

by Melissa Lizotte
The County (ME)
February 21, 2024

LIMESTONE, Maine — When Matt Cole and Cuppy Johndro look at the historic arch hangar on the former Loring Air Force Base, they see a lost chance to link the region’s past and its potential future.

Cole and Johndro are members of the Loring Air Museum, which has operated since 2005 on land owned by Loring Development Authority, a state-funded economic development group created over 30 years ago to revitalize the Air Force base.

Museum volunteers and Loring officials have been at odds over whether to preserve the deteriorating arch hangar for tourism or for economic development. Lawmakers rejected a bill that would have turned over the hangar to the museum, a move that Loring officials said was crucial for preserving the airport for future economic opportunities.

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For the entire article, including photos, see
https://thecounty.me/2024/02/21/news/former-maine-air-bases-future-hinges-on-a-historic-crumbling-hangar/

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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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