[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Redevelopment plans unveiled for Fort Ritchie" (MD)

[Lenny Siegel]

Redevelopment plans unveiled for Fort Ritchie

By Zach Glenn
Waynesboro Record-Herald
July 13. 2016 

The latest chapter in the redevelopment journey of Fort Ritchie since the Army base was shuttered under the Base Realignment and Closure Commission nearly two decades ago was opened by Washington County Commissioners this week.

The plan could mean millions of dollars for investment and about 3,000 jobs at Fort Ritchie, which was closed in the 1998 BRAC round. The build out of the Cascade Town Centre at Fort Richie would include mixed-used development with academic, commercial, residential and recreational uses. 

The ownership of the base is being signed away from the PenMar Development Corp., an organization created to bring jobs back to the area after the base's closure, and being given to Washington County. PenMar Development Corp.'s board is expected to dissolve in late January 2017, according to Brian Flook, a member of the board.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.therecordherald.com/news/20160713/redevelopment-plans-unveiled-for-fort-ritchie

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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/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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