Article: County warned on growth at Fort Meade: Planning chief says Anne Arundel should act now to seek federal funds to prepare for influx of jobs.

Byline: Phillip McGowan

Mar. 15--Anne Arundel County should start moving now to secure federal funds to prepare for a large military expansion at Fort Meade, a top county official told the County Council yesterday. To that end, Planning Director Joseph W. Rutter Jr. said, it is paramount that the council approve the establishment of a committee that could petition for money to handle the transition. Rutter said such a committee could make an initial funding request next month to the Office of Economic Adjustment, a Department of Defense agency that provides assistance to communities affected by the base realignment and closure process, also called BRAC. ...

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