US Army picks site for Orangeburg Reserve center

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Army has selected a 15-acre site near Orangeburg for a new Army Reserve Center that will cost nearly $12 million.

The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported Thursday (http://bit.ly/zUgpk9 ) the building will be northeast of the city near Interstate 26.

Program Manager Dale Polston says the site will have a training building, maintenance shop, storage building and parking area.

Polston says the new center also will have office space, a library and learning center, assembly space, weapons simulation and physical fitness space.

Eight Army Reserve units will use the site.

Construction could begin this summer.

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Information from: The Times & Democrat, http://www.timesanddemocrat.com