DON'T FIGHT IT. IT MIGHT JUST WORK OUT.

Discusses the closing of military bases in the United States, with the view that communities can recover from the economic jolt. Examples of redevelopment, including costs and planning; Bergstrom Air Force Base in Texas converted into Austin-Bergstrom International Airport that provides more jobs than the base did; Lowry Air Force Base in Denver replaced by a redevelopment triangle that pays property taxes; Fort Chaffee Army post in Arkansas became Redevelopment Authority land; Outlook for Maine's Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and South Dakota's Ellsworth Air Force Base to be closed by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission.