Comments on: Griffiss Air Force Base Technology Park, Rome, NY http://newyorktraveler.net/griffiss-air-force-base-technology-park-rome-ny/ life and travels in Upstate New York Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Anonymous http://newyorktraveler.net/griffiss-air-force-base-technology-park-rome-ny/#comment-12262 Anonymous Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:44:15 +0000 http://newyorktraveler.net/griffiss-air-force-base-technology-park-rome-ny/#comment-12262 Growing up in Rome, NY during the period when the base was fighting against closure, and the aftermath the closing brought, was tough. All of a sudden half of your friends had to move all at once. Traffic on the streets dwindled. The silence was deafening when the planes disappeared. Many of the small businesses that Rome depended on struggled and died. I can only imagine how people managed. I was too young to really understand what was going on, but I knew it was bad. Going back after being gone for a few years I was happy to see that the development of the land as a technology park had started to turn things around. It worries me that Rome is still so dependent on the three other major Air Force facilities that remain, but hopefully they remain open long enough for some larger businesses to move in and keep things going. Growing up in Rome, NY during the period when the base was fighting against closure, and the aftermath the closing brought, was tough. All of a sudden half of your friends had to move all at once. Traffic on the streets dwindled. The silence was deafening when the planes disappeared. Many of the small businesses that Rome depended on struggled and died.

I can only imagine how people managed. I was too young to really understand what was going on, but I knew it was bad. Going back after being gone for a few years I was happy to see that the development of the land as a technology park had started to turn things around. It worries me that Rome is still so dependent on the three other major Air Force facilities that remain, but hopefully they remain open long enough for some larger businesses to move in and keep things going.

]]> By: Bill Price http://newyorktraveler.net/griffiss-air-force-base-technology-park-rome-ny/#comment-6074 Bill Price Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:09:39 +0000 http://newyorktraveler.net/griffiss-air-force-base-technology-park-rome-ny/#comment-6074 I enjoyed the article about Griffiss.I was there from 1956 to 1959 in the 465th f.i.s. A very good book about Griffiss and three other bases in the northeast is The First Line by Bill Green. Sorry to see downtown Rome destroyed in the name of progress. Regards Bill Price Jesup Georgia I enjoyed the article about Griffiss.I was there from 1956 to 1959 in the 465th f.i.s.
A very good book about Griffiss and three other bases in the northeast is The First Line by Bill Green.
Sorry to see downtown Rome destroyed in the name of progress.

Regards
Bill Price
Jesup Georgia

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