Don't understand....assumng the base isn't neded..the state and local governments should be dying to get their hands on that WATERFRONT property for development...
The local government understands the financial impact of the base, and the sorry state of affairs they would be in without it. But based on the way service members are treated in the area I wouldn't shed a tear for them if it were to close.
Without the SUBASE, there wouldn't be anything to see on that side of the Thames.
On second thought, I guess they could annex it into the Mashantucket Pequot reservation so the Indians can have a riverboat too. May even keep them from buying up the rest of Ledyard.