[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, ENERGY: Massachusetts Military Reservation's lower 5, 000

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Developers plot MMR's future

By George Brennan
Cape Cod Times
September 1, 2008

Don't expect to see a 12-screen cineplex or a Wal-Mart on the 
Massachusetts Military Reservation, but there is a real possibility wind 
turbines and solar arrays will eventually dot the landscape.

MassDevelopment, using a $1 million grant secured through Senate 
President Therese Murray's office, continues to look at possible 
redevelopment options to shape the base's future.

One of the things MassDevelopment is looking at first is base 
efficiencies, said retired Brig. Gen. Samuel Shiver, point man on the 
project for Massachusetts National Guard Adjutant Gen. Joseph Carter.

"We're good at flying airplanes and putting boots to the ground, but we 
don't have business expertise," Shiver said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080901/NEWS/809010314/-1/NEWSLETTER100

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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