Altus Air Force Base and Balfour Beatty Communities will unveil the first of 158 brand new homes developed by Balfour Beatty Communities to provide Air Force families with all the comfort and amenities of upscale civilian living at a special ribbon cutting ceremony on base Friday.

Senior officials of the Department of the Air Force and Balfour Beatty Communities (formerly GMH Military Housing) commemorate the first new homes and a completely new approach to housing Air Force service members and their families at Altus AFB.

The ribbon cutting ceremony, to be held at 1:30 p.m. at 704 Legacy lane on base, commemorates the first neighborhood in the beginning of brand new military housing at Altus Air Force Base. Existing homes are being demolished to make way for 158 brand new 3 and 4 bedroom single family and Townhouse homes for enlisted airmen as well as Senior NCO and officers.

The plan for family housing revitalization at Altus Air Force Base began in February 2007. In the first 4 years of the plan 315 existing homes will be demolished, 158 new homes will be constructed, 385 existing homes will be renovated, a community center will be built, and playgrounds/tot lots will be installed.

On hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony will be Colonel David W. Allvin, Commander, 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus Air Force Base; Mr. Ron Nestor, Regional Vice President, Balfour Beatty Communities; and Mr. John Schaaf, Regional Vice President, Balfour Beatty Communities