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Article: 22,000 New Jobs Foreseen in Fort Meade Area; Army Projections Far Exceed Earlier Estimates on Effect in Anne Arundel and Howard
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- The Washington Post
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- April 19, 2007
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A Pentagon reorganization of military bases could bring about
22,000 federal and private-sector jobs, 7,700 schoolchildren and $61
million in construction projects to the Fort Meade area, according
to an Army study made public yesterday.
The job growth projections -- part of an environmental impact
statement required by the federal Base Realignment and Closure
Commission plan -- go well beyond earlier forecasts that focused
on the transfer of about 5,400 people to the post in Anne Arundel
County.
The figure is nearly double the state's estimate of 12,000 jobs
that could come to Anne Arundel and Howard counties. The Army Corps
of Engineers factored in job gains at the nearby National ...