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Guests arrive in the center atrium for the dedication ceremony.
Together with a financial service center that opened in 1995, the new passport center increases the number of Department and contract employees on the former base to almost 200 and space occupied to more than 100,000 sq. In 1994, the Department acquired almost nine acres of land and four buildings on the base totaling nearly 200,000 sq. The May 8 ceremony attracted numerous dignitaries, including U.S. Senator Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina and Mary A. Ryan, The entrance to the new passport center. In his remarks, Sen. Hollings welcomed the new center and its employees and described the State Department's presence as not only good for the economy but also for the community. State Department people are good citizens wherever they are.