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...Austin, Texas, was at first staggered when the news arrived in spring 1991 that nearby Bergstrom Air Force Base was on the base-closings list. The 12th Air Force headquarters and two air wings at the 52-year-old facility would take almost 5,000 military and civilian jobs with them once they moved out, and that was projected to drain $339 million annually from the local economy...
...same time city leaders "had the 'uh-oh!' moment, they also had the 'aha!' moment," recalls Kirk Watson, a lawyer and then community leader who later became Austin's mayor. As luck would have it, Austin was in the market for a new airport to replace the 63-year-old one the city had long outgrown. Bergstrom, with its 12,250-ft. runway, on which giant B-52 bombers could land, was ideal for the jumbo jets that carry the international air-cargo traffic Austin wanted to attract. So the city seized the opportunity, wading through mounds of federal...
Eight years later, city officials proudly stood on the tarmac of the new Austin-Bergstrom International Airport as Air Force One taxied up with Bill Clinton inside as one of the first arrivals. The terminal has special touches: Amy's Ice Cream and the Salt Lick Barbecue Restaurant serve local delicacies, and a stage in the concourse offers live music. The airport brings in $1.8 billion annually and has created 35,700 new jobs. Bruce Todd, who was mayor in 1991, regrets the time the city initially wasted trying to fight the base closing. His advice to mayors facing what...
Recovery can be easier for big cities like Denver and Austin, where millions of dollars can be generated locally to rebuild. About all Fort Smith, Ark., had in abundance was patriotic pride when the Pentagon announced 14 years ago that its Fort Chaffee Army post would be closed. Homes in the small city of about 85,000 at the Oklahoma border fly the American flag year round, and folks always welcomed the hundreds of thousands of young G.I.s who had trained at the post since the 1940s. (Elvis Presley got his first Army haircut there after being inducted...
...affair reminds me too much of typical middle school-clique infighting?except that 13-year-olds don't hold the power of life and death over millions of people. What can we do to ensure that positions of power are held by more responsible, cooperative, civil adults? Jo Virgil Austin, Texas...