European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                V corps communities it Haine Berg shopping Center is one of the Many places to shop in Wiesbaden. The strengths of our past and on our guid ing philosophy Wiesbaden a great place Iola where everyone is a  so far we have done very Well in this both by our own and the army s Overall standards. During fiscal year 19h9, Wiesbaden won the Usa eur Competition Lor communities of its sic in the european savings and productivity pro Gram for the army in Europe Esprit and received $500,000. The following fiscal year the Community was honoured with $90,000 As Usa eur s Winner of the Quality and productivity award. Quality of life outstanding service and Superb working conditions Are important to us and they Are the main reasons Why our Community most recently won top honors and $1 million in the department of the army Community of excellence Competition. As with All the other award Money it will be applied to Community projects that directly Benefit the soldiers and airmen and their families living Here. Specifically it will be used Lor an. Extensive renovation project Sui rounding the Haine Berg shopping Center. Wiesbaden remains committed to fostering initiative s similar to Esprit which lower the operating costs of the Community and v corps. The Concep Tual development and establishment of the Wiesbaden conference Center is evidence of this Long Range Effort. The goal of the Community was to use existing facilities to support conferences throughout v corps which would in turn return Money spent elsewhere on private facilities to the army the Cornerstone of the conference Center pro Gram is the combination of facilities at the american arms and the Amelia ear Luul hotels the largest billeting operation in the department of defens Ethe food and beverage services offered through the Wiesbaden air base club system and the meeting space that is available at the. Community Headquarters. These facilities and sen ices can be tailored to the Sie and purpose of con Ference planners 5 As a result profitability can remain High to maintain the Quality of the Wmk programs and the programs arc protected from being reduced or eliminated due to funding shortfalls. Fuming to people1, 1990 91 saw Mam of our soldiers and airmen do Plovc to the persian cull Light a War and return As winners to this Comuti nit. While Thev were gone. Wiesbaden put together a fantastic support system both for the deployed men and women and their families. That Effort was extremely successful. Among other notable results it brought Forth the family assistance Center fac in i Laine Berg. Flu1 Center s two main concerns were the establishment of support groups to address the needs of All persons with family members in the Culf and in availability of various lines of communication Between them. Both goals were achieved in a relatively Short time. The capacity to Send messages to tin crisis area by computer and by fax made the fac an especially valuable institution for a Large number of Community members. Several other services were offered As Well. The Center s health Benefit advisors provided important cham1ts Assis Tance to desert shield storm families advising them on How to receive lie Alth care on the Economy. Additionally a 2-1 hour hot line was established to furnish Community members with information regarding All desert shield storm issues around the e Loe k. Following the end of hostilities in the cull the1 cd item c Omvik to d Back to the army Community be Mevs acs out Iveah Center to provide Mam of the Piv Vious sri ices. In be rms of Lac i lilies the1 e Omni unit continues on its ambitious path to wards renovations and e Onstine lion ele spite1 Nolie Vable budget constraints. I he housing re be real mauve be vis in find i Inu and e Jinrae Ling for Cove Rome in rental housing program grip assets it now has More than 500 houses listed in that category. Add to this 2,700 government and leased housing units plus Over 2,300 private rental assets and it becomes obvious that adequate hous ing is a the p priority for the Wiesbaden Community. Single soldiers Are not forgotten either. Contracts each Worth Over $2 Mil lion have been awarded for the renova Tion of four Barracks on Wiesbaden air base. Two of those projects Are now completed. Some much frequented facilities in the Community with thousands of customers every month also got recent facelifts. Most notable among them was the Haine Berg commissary one of the largest facilities of its kind in Europe. It got some exterior renovation As did the sports Center at the main Kastl storage station. This station is a component to Gether with the vap Mart acid computer store of the largest mar retail activity in the world. In conclusion then we have every reason to be proud of our past achieve Ine nos As a creative people oriented Community that regularly Gene Raies sex be Lle it Ide As and initiative s be ii filing a Aeh one1 of its me be is. I if is past How eve a has be l High standards for us in the future. Our army Coin Numila of f.xce-1 be me a Hie be me no was built on the Llu Ine " hailing a bold  continuing a bold course is our motto and our c omm Tinc it for the1 future