Posts Tagged ‘economic impact’

Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach contributes over $136 million to the area’s economy and supports over 2,000 jobs, according to a recently completed economic impact and community involvement study. The Southern California base generated over $91 million in industrial output, $38 million in direct payroll expenditures and nearly $6 million in local and state tax revenues, based on the latest available data from fiscal 2010. “I’m proud of the outstanding relationships we have with the surrounding community,” Capt. Terry Auberry, base commanding officer, said in a written statement. “The weapons station has been a source of lasting community partnerships and positive economic influence since World War II.” The community benefits of the base go beyond monetary support. Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach supports civilian law enforcement training, from local police departments to federal agencies such as the FBI. The base fire department, under a mutual aid agreement with Orange County, routinely responds to civilian emergencies off the installation.

Business alliances supporting Maryland’s military installations have played a variety of roles in recent years, working with local officials to accommodate BRAC growth, lobbying for new missions, sponsoring on-base improvements and helping to boost economic development. A primary function of the groups is helping contractors understand how to do business with installations, but the partnerships extend much further …

Residents in Baumholder, Germany, are not looking forward to the planned departure of the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and its 4,000 soldiers, later this year. The U.S. Army has had a presence in the town of 4,500, for more than 50 years, and many residents fear the loss of the troops will decimate the town’s fortunes …

The Army has scrapped a plan to build a high-security, 500,000-square-foot animal research lab at Fort Detrick, after deciding other facilities at the Frederick, Md., installation could handle the mission. The building would have cost $600 million to construct and created 200 new jobs. Last week’s announcement is “an example of a tough decision that needed to be made …

Civilian employment at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard grew slightly last year to a workforce of 5,187, according to a new economic impact report released last week by the Seacoast Shipyard Association. At the same time, long-term plans for the shipyard, located on the southern boundary of Maine, call for increasing the workforce yearly …

Officials in coastal North Carolina were pleased to learn that MCAS Cherry Point generated a $2 billion economic impact on the surrounding region in 2011, a $300 million increase over the previous year. “It just reiterates what we have said all along and that’s the irreplaceable asset that we have at Cherry Point …

The loss of Fort Drum in a future BRAC round would be devastating to the North Country economy of New York, resulting in “the end of life as we know it,” according to a column in the Watertown Daily Times. Not so clear are what steps the area can take to leverage Fort Drum’s economic assets, assuming the post survives …

Ohio Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman are looking into the possibility of securing a follow-on mission for the 179th Airlift Wing at Mansfield Air National Guard Base, after the Air Force announced last week it planned to retire its fleet of C-27J multipurpose cargo aircraft. The move would eliminate the four C-27Js based at Mansfield and raise the prospect that the 179th would be eliminated …

Secretary Leon Panetta last week thanked elected officials and business leaders in El Paso for supporting the soldiers stationed at Fort Bliss, as well as the $5 billion construction campaign carried out over the past five years to prepare the post for the arrival of thousands of new service members. “We can’t do it alone. … Defending America is a team effort. It’s a joint effort on the part of our troops and their families, but it also includes the people of communities like El Paso …

Fort Meade will gain a total of 2,800 workers due to the growth of U.S. Cyber Command headquarters and the services’ own cyber activities, according to new data released by Anne Arundel County, Md. About 1,000 workers are expected by the end of fall 2012 at the installation located between Baltimore and Washington, and an additional 1,800 are expected by the end of 2016 …