2007 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 29 Jun 2007 17:23:08 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Ft. Meade (MD) growth
 
Region readies for job influx
New numbers dwarf BRAC estimates; officials seek ways to deal with impact

By Phillip McGowan
Baltimore Sun (MD)
June 29, 2007

Predicting that new employees at an expanding Fort Meade will settle as far away as Carroll County and the Eastern Shore, senior government officials from six counties have formed a regional bloc to measure the impact and secure funding for roads, schools and mass transit.

At the first meeting of the Fort Meade growth management committee Wednesday at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, representatives from across the Baltimore region were presented with growth figures that dwarfed previous state estimates for job creation.

The Army post's expansion due to the base realignment and closure process, known as BRAC, and other factors could generate 61,000 jobs and 38,500 households throughout the region, according to the numbers released at Wednesday's meeting. The committee's numbers do not have a timeline.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-ar.brac29jun29,0,1069585.story?coll=bal-local-arundel

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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