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The Loring Commerce Centre is an industrial and aviation park in northeastern Maine, located in Aroostook County near Limestone. Developed from the former Loring Air Force Base which closed in 1994, it is home to over 20 employers with more than 1,300 employees. The center consists of over of fully serviced commercial, industrial, and aviation development sites in addition to numerous existing modern and practical buildings in a spacious, campus-like setting. The former airfield is operated as Loring International Airport. ==History== The centre was chartered by Maine State legislature in 1993 as (the Loring Development Authority of Maine ) as a body corporate and politic and a public instrumentality of the state, and as a (municipal corporation ). It is the first in a series of municipal corporations chartered by The Maine legislature in special acts of legislation to serve as "instrumentalities of the state" when military bases located in Maine were closed. Following in the same model is (The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority ) On the site of the base, the Loring Development Authority created the Loring Commerce Centre on of land. It was marketed as an "...excellent solution for your business real estate needs at a very reasonable cost." Through the efforts of the authority, 1,400 jobs have been created, more than replacing the 1,000 civilian jobs that were lost when the base closed. Tenants such as Bigelow Aerospace maintain a small satellite tracking station on the grounds as well. SAIC is developing an unmanned blimp at the base as well, and Sitel also maintains a call center at Loring. In addition to the Sitel site, other various call centers exist on the base, as well as food processing, forestry operations, light manufacturing, and aviation services. The Canadian professional services company Stantec also has an office at Loring. Finally, the Loring Military Heritage Center, a museum dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of the base, is located in the base's former bank. The military has also made a return to Loring over the years. The Defense Finance and Accounting Service Limestone, a major component of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service office (BRAC 2005 consolidated 26 offices into 5 and this was one of the consolidation points. This facility is located in the old base hospital, which was constructed after the earthquake in the 1980s. The Maine Military Authority, refurbishes Humvees for the United States Army and Marine Corps in one of the base's large hangars. Additionally, the Air Force Real Property Agency is in the process of conducting the distribution of resources at Loring. The federal government has also returned with the United States Department of Labor creating a Job Corps center, with the aim of helping to prepare teenagers for careers in culinary arts, medical support and other growth industries.〔 As of 2002, the Air Force Real Property Agency considered Loring to be one of its recent success stories. Post-base usage is not limited to just business. The airfield was used by the popular jam-band Phish, to hold its massive festival concerts, "The Great Went" in 1997, the Lemonwheel in 1998 and "It" in 2003. Estimated attendance was 65,000 concert-goers and Phish was the only band. Fans camped on-site in tents, creating a community of fans that became the second-largest city in Maine during all three events. The Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge, run by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on of the base property was established in 1998. The refuge consists of the former weapons area, which operated as Caribou Air Force Station from 1951 until 1962, when it was absorbed into Loring. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loring Commerce Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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