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Article: Contract awarded to study Bader Field alternatives
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- Press of Atlantic City
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- October 17, 2007
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ATLANTIC CITY - The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority awarded a $350,000 contract Tuesday for the study of development alternatives for Bader Field, the 150-acre site whose fate is considered vital to the city's future.
The designation of Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc. as consultant for the project comes after months of conversations between the CRDA and other state and city officials on the best use for the municipal airport that closed last year. The CRDA last October approved a half-million dollars for the redevelopment project, and has since created a task force with representatives from the city and the state's Office of Economic Growth to lead it.
"Central to the economic ...