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, 2014FOREST 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. ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.news-daily.com/news/2014/may/02/forest-park-army-celebrate- impending-ft-gillem/ -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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