GlobeSt.UPDATE: Base Closings Topic of Upcoming Convention

DENVER-From June 4 to June 7, Denver will host the annual the Association of Defense Communities convention. Record attendance is expected at the convention, whose members come from all types of people involved with military bases, says Tom Markham, president of the group. Markham also is the executive director of the Lowry Redevelopment Authority, the former US Air Force Base in southeast Denver.

The conference is expected to draw at least 1,000 people, Markham says. “There will certainly be references throughout the sessions to the base closings,” Markham tells GlobeSt.com. “We will have tours of Lowry and of Fitzsimons (a former Army Hospital in Aurora being converted to a multi-billion hospital, medical research and teaching, and bio-tech center.) Lowry and Fitzsimons are considered leaders in base redevelopments.”