2006 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 13 Sep 2006 17:11:28 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Topsham (ME) Miliitary Redevelopment Zone
 
Topsham BNAS tax break vote stymied

Darcie Moore
Brunswick Times Record
September 12, 2006

TOPSHAM - What has been promoted as a no-downside decision for Mid-coast communities with a chance to participate in a new state program to create jobs before Brunswick Naval Air Station closes met with objections from two Topsham selectmen on Thursday.

By a 2-2 vote, Selectwoman Jane Scease's motion failed to put an article on the Sept. 27 town meeting warrant to seek residents' approval for Topsham to participate in the Military Redevelopment Zone program.

The state will grant tax breaks to businesses that locate and create jobs in the special zone, which totals 500 acres in communities most likely to be affected by the BNAS closure in 2011.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesrecord.com/website/main.nsf/news.nsf/0/57932B861BE446F6052571E70064AA83?Opendocument

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