[CPEO-IRF] Arlington County (VA) plans for job loss

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Arlington creates task force to deal with BRAC

Joe Coombs
Washington Business Journal
December 15, 2005

Arlington County has assembled the team that will help it confront the 
loss of thousands of jobs associated with the federal Base Realignment 
and Closure moves.

Arlington's BRAC Transition Task Force includes four members of the 
county's economic development commission and four outside experts. The 
panel starts meeting in the coming weeks to find solutions for 
Arlington's pending loss of 17,000 jobs and 4 million square feet of 
leased office space.

Gov. Mark Warner has already appointed BRAC task forces in several parts 
of the state -- including Arlington -- but the panelists are composed 
mostly of politicians. Arlington officials wanted their own panel with 
more private sector and business expertise to address BRAC's fallout.

...

For the entire article, see
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2005/12/12/daily28.html?jst=b_ln_hl

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