[CPEO-MEF] REUSE - Willow Grove (PA) study

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Many ifs involved in latest report on air base

Opinion by Lou Sessinger
The Intelligencer (PA)
March 4, 2008

Now what?

The study on the fate of the Willow Grove Naval Air Station Joint 
Reserve Base in Horsham has been completed, and it recommends that 
virtually all of the military installation become a national, 
interagency security hub managed by Pennsylvania when the Navy pulls out 
in 2011.

What that means for people in Horsham who hoped that a chunk of the 
base's 1,100 acres might be ceded for public use still hasn't been decided.

But if the state accepts the recommendation to use virtually the entire 
base, Horsham at best might get a few acres or nothing at all. Only 
seven acres have been set aside for public use so far.



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For the entire column, see
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/137-03042008-1497710.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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