[CPEO-IRF] Maryland realignment jobs

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BRAC may create new jobs for poor
Officials hope military realignment brings work with better pay, benefits


By Larry Carson
Baltimore Sun
November 28, 2005

With thousands of defense-related jobs coming to Maryland in the next 
few years, local social services officials see a golden opportunity for 
poor people to get better jobs, especially in high-priced suburbs in 
Howard, Anne Arundel and Harford counties near the targeted bases.

The Aberdeen Proving Ground area is expected to get 27,000 new jobs in 
the next decade, said Rick Walker, Harford County's assistant director 
of social services. Officials in Howard and Anne Arundel counties expect 
the first 5,300 jobs coming directly to Fort Meade will be followed in 
five or six years by two or three times more private defense and support 
jobs. Those are the positions social services officials hope their 
clients can get access to.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/howard/bal-md.ho.jobs28nov28,1,4221016.story?coll=bal-local-headlines

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Lenny Siegel
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