Surviving BRAC

摘要

Fred Kittinger recalls thinking it was "a shame" when he learned in March 1993 that the Naval Training Center (NTC) Orlando, Fla., was on the Pentagon's list of bases to be closed. Kittinger, then vice president of government relations for the Orlando Chamber of Commerce, was among the hundreds of people in Orlando who had labored for months to keep the base open. Many saw NTC as key to Orlando's economic stability. It provided about 4,500 jobs and pumped $500 million annually into the area economy, said Bruce Hossfield, a senior planner for Orlando's government. NTC had been in operation for 30 years and was a pillar of the region's economy.