[CPEO-IRF] Baltimore County (MD) braces for BRAC-caused growth

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Baltimore County braces

Editorial
Baltimore Sun (MD)
July 22, 2007


Baltimore County's up-and-down relationship with the defense industry 
may be poised to soar again. In the early 1940s, growth on the county's 
east side exploded as Middle River's Glenn L. Martin factory employed 
tens of thousands to build B-26 bombers. Now, the very land that housed 
those wartime laborers is considered a prime spot for their 21st-century 
counterparts - thanks to the latest round of Pentagon base realignment 
and closure decisions.

As great an impact as the BRAC decisions are expected to have on Harford 
and Anne Arundel counties because of expanding Aberdeen Proving Ground 
and Fort Meade, the effects on Baltimore County could prove nearly as 
significant. A state planning office report predicts the county will 
acquire 3,898 jobs directly or indirectly attributable to BRAC and 3,653 
new households; that's the most of any jurisdiction outside the bases' 
home counties.


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For the entire editorial, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bal-ed.countybrac22jul22,0,5514598.story

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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