[CPEO-IRF] Maryland receives $4 million

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Md. receives $4 million for base expansion
Pentagon funding to go for road, transit and school upgrades

By Matthew Hay Brown
Baltimore Sun (MD)
September 20, 2007

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has given the state another $4 million to help 
plan for the arrival of new residents coming with the expansion of 
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Meade, the National Naval Medical Center 
and other military facilities in the state.

"[The Base Realignment and Closure process] will bring tremendous 
benefits to Maryland, but only with significant planning and new 
development," Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski said today in a statement. "This 
funding will lay the groundwork essential to the implementation of the 
BRAC recommendations."

In July, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a $4 million grant to 
help the Maryland Department of Labor develop the work force in 
preparation for BRAC. The grant announced today comes from the 
Pentagon's Office of Economic Adjustment to help communities plan for 
upgrades to roads, mass transit, housing and schools.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-brac0920,0,6526899.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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