2007 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 22 Jul 2007 21:08:08 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Baltimore County (MD) braces for BRAC-caused growth
 
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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