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Navy Shoots Down Willow Grove Proposal

WILLOW GROVE, PA-The Navy denies the Air Force's request for a transfer of the Willow Grove base, which would have led to state ownership.

By Marita Thomas | Updated on May 01, 2007

WILLOW GROVE, PA-A complicated deal that would have ultimately put excess Navy property at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station Joint Reserve base in the hands of the state has come apart. It called for the Navy to transfer the base to the Air Force, which would lease it to the commonwealth short term as a joint interagency base.

In 2005, the BRAC Commission designated Willow Grove for closure. The proposal for a joint interagency base, as GlobeSt.com previously reported, was developed by Gov. Ed Rendell and Pennsylvania Congressional representatives and approved by Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne.

Under the proposal, during the lease-term, the state would work to attract governmental users, such as the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Association, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Once that was accomplished, the Air Force would transfer base ownership to the state.

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