BASE REALIGNMENT

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BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE
Tennessee Valley BRAC Committee
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Tennessee Valley BRAC Committee Members

• City of Huntsville
• Morgan County/Decatur
• City of Athens
• Limestone County
• City of Madison
• Lincoln County, TN
• Moore County, TN
• City of Fayetteville, TN
• City of Scottsboro
• Jackson County

• Madison County
• Cullman/Cullman County
• Guntersville, Arab
• and Marshall County
• City of Grant
• Shoals Area
• Lawrence County, AL
• Lawrence County, TN
• Giles County, TN
• Franklin County, TN

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Redstone Arsenal

• A highly diverse technology-focused
• federal campus
• Over 130 agencies operate at RSA
• 32,000 people work at RSA an additional 20,000
  defense/aerospace contractors work in the area

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Past BRACs and Redstone

• 1988 BRAC No impact
• 1991 Commission moved 1,200 jobs from Rock Island
• 1993 Commission voted to reverse 1991 BRAC
• 1995 1,600 jobs moved from St. Louis Contractors
  numbered 3,000

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2005 BRAC at Redstone
New Jobs
Investment

• 2nd Recruiting Brigade (Atlanta, GA) 130 9.4M
• Army Materiel Command (Alexandria,
  VA) 1,340 127.0M
• Aviation Technical Test Center (Dothan,
  AL) 323 45.0M
• Missile Defense Agency (Arlington,
  VA) 2,248 221.8M
• Rotary Wing Air Platform (Macon, GA)
  50 Incl in ATTC
• Security Assistance Command (Alexandria,
  VA) 340 Incl in AMC
• Space Missile Defense Command (Arlington)
  180 Incl in MDA
• TOTAL BRAC 2005 MOVES 4,700 403.2M
• Other DoD Contractors that will follow 5,000

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What will change?

• 10,000 high paying jobs in area
• First 4 star command in Alabama
• New companies will relocate
• NASA may also be experiencing growth

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The Schedule

• Facilities must be constructed (403.2M
  construction 256.0M other)
• 1,645,206 square feet
• 2006-2010 partial moves will occur
• 2010-2011 majority of moves will occur

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2006-2007

• Construction money is on track
• Von Braun II completed
• MDA hires national recruiting firm
• Madison County Commission awarded OEA Planning
  Grant for regional BRAC efforts
• 1,032 planned to move by end of 2007

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2008

• 2nd Recruiting Brigade facility completed
• 2nd Recruiting Brigade relocates
• 724 jobs planned to relocate to RSA
• Cumulative moves 1,756

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2009

• Major construction underway
• 232 jobs planned to move
• Cumulative moves 1,988

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2010

• Construction continues
• Phase I of MDA HQs completed
• Rotary wing/ATTC HQ completed
• AMC/USASAC HQ completed
• 1,600 jobs planned to move
• Cumulative moves 3,588

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2011

• MDA Phase 2 completed
• Rotary wing Hangar Completed
• 1,100 jobs planned to move
• Cumulative moves 4,700
• BRAC 2005 completed!!!!

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Schedule of Relocations
2009
2010
2011
2006-07
2008
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Workforce Challenges

• Majority will be engineers and logisticians
• Areas unemployment rate for engineers is lt1
• Employees must qualify for security clearances
• Numerous job opportunities in N. Va. Area
• Decision to move is several years in
  future--people are not focused on a decision

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