Fort McPherson--first opened south of Atlanta in the 1880s--was ordered in 2005 to begin shutting down or transferring its operations as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Act. In 2006, a state-chartered authority began drawing up plans for converting the military base to civilian use. Jack Sprott is executive director of that body--the McPherson Implementing Redevelopment Authority. Here, he talks with WABE's Steve Goss...
