Decreased funding to result in closure of GLC Recreation Area Published Oct. 24, 2011 By Shawn Jacobs AEDC/PA ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. -- Continuing budget reductions will force the closure of the Gossick Leadership Center (GLC) Recreation Area, also known as the Main Recreation Area, on Northshore Road at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC). The recreation area, which includes the beach, playground, restrooms, boat dock and boat ramp, will close within the next two weeks as soon as the public can be adequately notified, according to Bill Wendle, AEDC base civil engineer. "The closure is because we don't have the resources to maintain the beach and the facilities," Wendle explained. "Over the past five years, decreases in the operations and maintenance funding have forced us to make hard trades, and we just can't get it done anymore. Our focus is to support and preserve the test mission at AEDC, and that's where our limited resources will be spent." Signs will be erected to indicate the area is closed and neither the public nor base personnel will have access to the recreation area in the future. The closure won't affect AEDC staffing levels and the GLC Building will remain open in its current capacity. The public will continue to be able to access Woods Reservoir at other areas such as Morris Ferry Dock, the Franklin County boat ramp and the ramp on South Hap Arnold Drive.