[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Fort Devens (MA) "has become a technology hub"

[Lenny Siegel]

After 100 years, Devens has become a technology hub

BY GRANT WELKER
Worcester Business Journal
November 8, 2017


The future was not promising for Fort Devens just over two decades ago when the military base was ordered closed along with others across the country. The property was filled with buildings suddenly of no use, standing on contaminated land.

But exactly a century after the military base opened, Fort Devens has blossomed into a regional economic hub with more than 6 million square feet of space and more than 5,000 workers. It has drawn distribution and technology companies to a site close to population centers while offering acres of open land.
"Devens checked all the boxes," said Paul Sellew, the owner of Little Leaf Farms, a hydroponic grower of leafy greens that moved in last year and is already working to nearly double its space.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20171113/PRINTEDITION/311109996/after-100-years-devens-has-become-a-technology-hub

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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