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A [pounds]50,000 project has been launched to examine how to redevelop an Army barracks site which will close by 2017.
Harrogate Borough Council and the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Enterprise Partnership will employ a planning support officer to study the potential uses for the 45-hectare Claro Barracks site, in Ripon.
A call centre, training college, commercial estate and a base for a pharmaceuticals firm are among the initial ideas for the site.
Army commanders held talks with politicians and traders' leaders in April, after the...