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BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE. Tennessee Valley BRAC Committee. Tennessee Valley BRAC Committee Members. Madison County Cullman/Cullman County Guntersville, Arab and Marshall County City of Grant Shoals Area Lawrence County, AL Lawrence County, TN Giles County, TN
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BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE Tennessee Valley BRAC Committee
Tennessee Valley BRAC Committee Members • 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 • 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
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
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+
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
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
The Schedule • Facilities must be constructed ($403.2M construction + $256.0Mother) • 1,645,206 square feet • 2006-2010 partial moves will occur • 2010-2011 majority of moves will occur
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
2008 • 2nd Recruiting Brigade facility completed • 2nd Recruiting Brigade relocates • 724 jobs planned to relocate to RSA • Cumulative moves: ~1,756
2009 • Major construction underway • 232 jobs planned to move • Cumulative moves: ~1,988
2010 • Construction continues • Phase I of MDA HQ’s completed • Rotary wing/ATTC HQ completed • AMC/USASAC HQ completed • ~1,600 jobs planned to move • Cumulative moves ~3,588
2011 • MDA Phase 2 completed • Rotary wing Hangar Completed • ~1,100 jobs planned to move • Cumulative moves ~4,700 • BRAC 2005 completed!!!!
Cumulative Moves New Moves Schedule of Relocations 2009 2010 2011 2006-07 2008
Workforce Challenges • Majority will be engineers and logisticians • Area’s unemployment rate for engineers is <1% • 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