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Search - Flying High Again: PARC's Redevelopment of Plattsburgh Air Force Base

Flying High Again PARC's Redevelopment of Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Author: Marian Calabro

Flying High Again is a true-life case study of a successful military base closure redevelopment. It chronicles the difficult but triumphant process of redeveloping New York s Plattsburgh Air Force Base, one of dozens of military bases shuttered by the federal government s supposedly impartial Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. ... more »
This highly illustrated book explores the process and the personalities, the obstacles and the compromises and, above all, the persistence that has led the Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corporation (PARC-USA) to be cited as a national model for base closure reuse.

Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with 60 people closely involved in the process including federal, state, and local officials; Air Force personnel; and the CEOs of PARC; Flying High Again is intended to be a source of pride for Plattsburgh and a useful lessons learned guide for other base closure communities. When PAFB closed in 1995, consultants predicted that redevelopment would take 25 years. But they underestimated the will of the North Country to recover and the ability of PARC to get the job done. Thirteen years after closure, the former base is home to businesses, nonprofits, residential neighborhoods, community college facilities, and a sparkling new international airport. Indeed, once reuse reaches completion, PARC will have placed $100 million of ratables on local tax rolls. The transformation was far from easy, however. Thrown into mourning, the community had to envision life without the military. Then, with no road map, it had to formulate reuse plans and turn them into reality.

Flying High Again traces the historic military origins of the region, as well as the conflicts that flared when the base was first proposed in the 1950s. It explores the diligent attempts to make the case for the base at BRAC hearings. The heart of the book, however, focuses on the redevelopment journey led by PARC from the early reuse plans to the complexities of dealing with the U.S. Air Force, taking stock of assets and enviromental issues, transferring the infrastructure, dealing with impacts on schools and municipalities, attracting new business, and redeveloping the runway.

At every step, PARC strove to realize its mission: Working together to develop new jobs and new opportunities for the social and economic well-being of the Plattsburgh region, and doing so in a financially and environmentally sound manner.

ISBN-13: 9780976833123
ISBN-10: 0976833123
Publication Date: 5/30/2008
Pages: 160
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: CorporateHistory.net
Book Type: Paperback
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