[CPEO-IRF] Arlington County (VA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Arlington prepares to deal with BRAC job losses

Joe Coombs
Washington Business Journal (DC)
October 18, 2005

Arlington County's economic development commission is forming its own 
task force to address the fallout from a massive military realignment 
that will move 17,000 jobs out of the county.

Virginia Gov. Mark Warner has already appointed a panel, which includes 
Arlington County Board Chairman Jay Fisette, to help the county cope 
with the job losses that will result from the Base Realignment and 
Closure (BRAC) process. That group is comprised mostly of politicians.

The Arlington economic development task force will include four members 
of the EDC and four members of the community "with expertise in areas 
relevant to BRAC issues," according to a release issued Tuesday morning.

...

For the entire article, see
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2005/10/17/daily10.html?jst=b_ln_hl

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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