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$1M Development Pool Set Aside for Cities With Decommissioned Bases

AUSTIN-The Texas Department of Economic Development is making it known that grant money is available to buy, rehab, equip or install infrastructure for development. The catch is it's earmarked for 15 cities affected by closed armed forces bases.

By Tim Green | Updated on May 07, 2002

AUSTIN-Is there a piece of a US Army or Air Force base your community would like to buy? If that community is one of 15 Texas cities that have lost armed forces facilities, it can apply for a state grant to buy the property or for several other purposes.

The Texas Department of Economic Development said $1 million in grant money is available. Communities such as Austin, which lost Bergstrom Air Force Base (now Austin-Bergstrom International Airport), and San Antonio, which lost Kelly Air Force (now KellyUSA), can apply for a share of the money. Communities whose bases have new missions also are eligible.

A panel appointed by the executive director of the economic development department will judge the applications and the agency’s governing board will award the grants. The awards can range from $50,000 to $2 million, according to the state law that authorized the grants. The state, however, has just $1 million for them.

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