San Antonio booming from BRAC

[unhappycamper]

San Antonio booming from BRAC
By Michelle Roberts - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jan 11, 2008 12:06:27 EST

SAN ANTONIO — Congressional orders that close and realign military bases are cause for panic in some communities, but not in San Antonio, which calls itself “Military City, USA.”

The fifth and latest round of the base realignment and closure, ordered by Congress in 2005, includes an estimated $2.1 billion in renovations and construction at Army and Air Force installations here. The projects are set to be completed by 2011.

Nearly 5,000 military jobs will be moved to the city, which already enjoys a large Defense Department presence.

“BRAC has really been good thing for San Antonio,” said Mayor Phil Hardberger, acknowledging that it has been “a thing of fear and loathing” for many communities.

The realignment will most affect Fort Sam Houston, a 131-year old garrison in the middle of San Antonio. The base, headquarters for the Army’s medical command, will become the center for all Defense Department medical training and research.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/01/ap_sanantonio_080111/

[Manifestor_of_Light]

1. my old stomping grounds

San Antonio has no wage base..it's all military, retired military who work for peanuts, and tourism. I went to college there on the North side. We used to have to drive THRU Fort Sam on North New Braunfels, to get to my college, before they put in more freeways.