2005 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 22 Jul 2005 17:45:57 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Grand Forks (ND)
 
BRAC: Planning for the future
GF city, county meets with Pentagon economic experts

By Tu-Uyen Tran
Grand Forks Herald (ND)
July 22, 2005

Grand Forks Air Force Base might be off the closure list, but that didn't stop city and county officials from meeting Thursday with officials from a Pentagon agency that helps communities deal with the impact of military bases.

"Why do anything else?" city administrative coordinator Rick Duquette asked by way of introduction. "We've got great news. But there is a need for planning even if the base gets bigger."

Dave MacKinnon, associate director of the Office of Economic Adjustment, clarified. With the base responsible for 7.4 percent of the workforce, he said, the Grand Forks area is overly dependent on military spending. If the base were to expand as has been suggested, he said, that only means greater dependency.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/12193452.htm


-- Lenny Siegel Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org

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