Bragg Cuts Ribbon on Model Apartment

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Bragg Cuts Ribbon on Model Apartment
May 08, 2008
Army News Service|by Lucille Anne Newman

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - When the ribbons fell to the ground Wednesday outside the model privatized apartment at Fort Bragg, it marked the beginning of a new way to house single Soldiers.

"The quality of life of the Soldiers who will occupy these barracks will be extraordinary compared to any (apartments) you will see on the outside in private sectors," said Secretary of the Army Pete Geren, who attended the ceremony.

The Randolph Pointe community is scheduled to open in early 2009, featuring 312 one- and two-bedroom apartment homes for single or unaccompanied officers and senior noncommissioned officers. Soldiers interested in leasing the apartments will now be able to tour the model.

Randolph Pointe is part of a pilot program approved in August 2007 by the secretary of the Army and Congress to assess the benefits of privatizing single Soldier housing. Fort Bragg is one of five Army posts chosen to participate in the pilot program. The others are Fort Irwin, Calf.; Fort Drum, N.Y.; Fort Stewart, Ga., and Fort Bliss, Texas.

"It's remarkable," Geren said about Randolph Pointe. "The apartments are as nice as (the ones) you can find on the outside with all the amenities ... large bedrooms, nice closets and bathrooms ... very nice facilities. Here at Fort Bragg we already see a partnership with Family housing. With this initiative we have transformed Army housing into Army homes and Army neighborhoods and made a real difference in the quality of life for Soldiers ... The quality of life they deserve."


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