[CPEO-MEF] BUFFER ZONES: Town of Emerald Isle and Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station (NC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Emerald Isle secures funding for property purchase
Town of Emerald Isle is finalizing the purchase of 30 acres of undeveloped land to preserve for recreational use, buffer to military training

By Jannette Pippin 
Jacksonville Topsail Advertiser (NC)
September 30, 2017 


EMERALD ISLE - All the funding pieces have come together for a land purchase by the Town of Emerald Isle that will help preserve a buffer between military training in the area and future community uses.

Town officials are finalizing closing on the $3 million property following approval of several documents by the Board of Commissioners at their Sept. 12 board meeting.

The 29.7-acre tract is the last remaining large vacant tract of land within the Town of Emerald Isle and the plan is the preserve 20 acres in its natural state and reserve the remaining 9.7 acres for future recreational uses by the town, such as ballfields.

A critical piece of the purchase plan is federal funding available through the military’s Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) program.

…

For the entire article, see
http://www.topsailadvertiser.com/news/20170930/emerald-isle-secures-funding-for-property-purchase

--

Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/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