2014 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 14:44:48 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: "Forest Park, Army celebrate impending Ft. Gillem [GA] transfer"
 
[I'm still waiting for the Army to go public with its vapor intrusion investigation at Ft. Gillem. - LS]

Forest Park, Army celebrate impending Ft. Gillem transfer

By Curt Yeomans
Clayton News Daily (GA)
May 2, 2014


FOREST PARK - The Army symbollically turned over nearly 1,000 acres of land to Forest Park officials Frid ay morning and they plan to make the transfer official in the coming weeks. The city and the U.S. Department of Defense held a joint ceremony at the former First Army Headquarters at Fort Gillem to commemorate the impending move. During the ceremony, Mayor David Lockhart and Base Closure and Realignment Commission assistant Andrew Napoli signed resolutions recognizing the occasion.

Fort Gillem was selected for closure by BRAC in 2005 and the First Army moved out in September 2011. Only a small portion, now known as the 257-acre Gillem Enclave, will remain in the hands of the Army.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.news-daily.com/news/2014/may/02/forest-park-army-celebrate- impending-ft-gillem/

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