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Fort Drum 
Residential Communities Initiatives (RCI)
Installation Site Tour - 28 May 2003
Hotel Information

A block of rooms has been reserved for guests at the Ramada Inn of Watertown. Please call (315) 788-0700 to make reservations. The room rate is $55 per night, plus tax. Reservations must be made prior to May 14 to ensure a room.

Directions to the hotel from the Syracuse Hancock International Airport: Departing the airport take Route 81 North to Watertown, Arsenal Street, Exit 45. Take a left off the exit; Ramada Inn will be on your left. 

Registration for the site tour will be at the Ramada Inn, Renaissance Room A, from 2:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. on May 27 and again from 5:00 a.m. – 7:15 a.m. on May 28. All participants must register prior to 7:15 a.m. on May 28.

Buses for the tour will depart from the Ramada Inn at 7:30 a.m. on May 28 and will return to the hotel late afternoon. 

Check out at the hotel is 12:00 noon. However, for those wishing to check out of the hotel for a return flight after the tour on the evening of May 28 there will be a room available to store luggage for the day while you attend the tour. To help you plan your return flight itinerary, it is recommended that you arrive at the airport in Syracuse approximately 2 hours prior to flight departure. The Syracuse Airport is approximately 1.5 hours from Watertown.

Questions can be directed to Penny Joels, Fort Drum RCI Program Support, at (315) 772-3008 or DSN 772-3008. 

The Registration application can be found here. 


Fort Drum’s 
Residential Communities Initiatives
Installation Site Visit Agenda
28 May 2003

Pick up guests at Ramada Inn, Watertown, 
7:30 a.m. departure.

Tour Part I
801 Housing Sites 
(Calcium, LeRay Heights) – Drive By  

8:00 a.m.
 Continental Breakfast  
The Commons at Dillenbeck Corners       

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome
Major General Hagenbeck
Commanding General, 
10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum

9:15 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. 
 
 COL Helton
Garrison Commander

 

  Tour Part II  
 9:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  
On Post Housing – Interior Tour 
10th Mountain Division Unit areas,
Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 
Lunch  

The Commons at Dillenbeck Corners

Speakers
1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.  
John Deans, Bob Juravich,
 Doug Schelleng
Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization’s Community Proposal

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.  
Question and Answer Panel 
COL Helton, Jim Corriveau, 
John Deans, Bob Juravich, 
Doug Schelleng


2:45 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. 
 
Conclusion 

COL Helton, Garrison Commander

Tour Part III 
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.  
Fort Drum Community 
Quality of Life Amenities,
return to Ramada Inn

 

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