By Matt Zapotosky   Washington Post Staff Writer

… plans for Columbia’s downtown and the pending arrival of thousands of workers at Fort Meade in 2011 because of the Pentagon’s base realignment process. …

Howard County should add more buses to the county’s busiest routes and expand service to future high-growth areas, particularly Columbia Town Center and Fort Meade, according to a consultant’s report presented Tuesday.   -more-
 

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by Anath Hartmann | Staff Writer

Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC, will rearrange military operations at bases nationwide and bring at least 14000 new residents to the Fort Meade area, …

Some North Laurel residents fear that a new law enabling faster development of the Route 1 corridor will lessen quality of life in the unincorporated Howard County community. -more-

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By P.J. REILLY, staff

are expected to be working at and immediately around the base, according to Steven Overbay, a regional base-realignment and closure coordinator. …

The expansion of the workforce at Aberdeen Proving Ground is under way.

About 140 civilian employees are expected to arrive at the northeastern Maryland base this week, Frank Behlau, director of community planning for Lancaster County Planning Commission, said.  -more-

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Jayne Miller Reports

“We are projecting in our demographic study that Harford County would realize a growth of about 7000 new households from the BRAC impact,” said Harford …

HARFORD COUNTY, Md. — Many changes are in store for the region due to the Base Realignment and Closure program, one of which may drastically change the landscape of a Harford County attraction. -more-

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BALTIMORE Examiner , Matthew Santoni , David Craig

He sat down with The Examiner to discuss schools, Base Realignment and Closure and the county’s continuing expansion. How did you feel about Gov. …

Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series that profiles top-level county officials concerning their counties and what the future holds.Harford County Executive David Craig, 59, is serving his first full term, after finishing Jim Harkins’ term in 2005 and being elected to the position in 2006. A lifelong Harford County resident, Craig has been a Havre de Grace city councilman, a five-term mayor, a state delegate, a state senator and a school principal. He sat down with The Examiner to discuss schools, Base Realignment and Closure and the county’s continuing expansion.

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By David Nitkin | Sun reporter

The state is poised for growth regardless of who gets elected, as the military base realignment process brings thousands of well-paying jobs. …

Md. has a relatively low jobless rate, but that doesn’t mean much to those who’ve lost ground -more-

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 by Jason Flanagan, The Examiner

Thomas comes to the Odenton installation in Anne Arundel that by 2011 will be home to thousands of new employees via the BRAC influx. …

 After spending 22 years in high-level intelligence operations in Germany, Iraq and Qatar, Army Col. Daniel Thomas has a new and unknown challenge — making way for 10,000 new federal employees.  -more-

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by Jason Flanagan, The Examiner

The Examiner sat down with McCreedy last week as he packed his office, querying him on BRAC, education and his role in Fort Meade history. …

FORT MEADE, Md. (Map, News) - Fort George G. Meade gets a new commander every two to three years, leaving at times little in the way of making a long-term influence on the Odenton installation.But under Army Col. Kenneth McCreedy’s three-year command, Fort Meade had to plan for its biggest influx in recent history, the 5,000 new jobs from the Base Realignment and Closure, as well as the newfound role in the area’s road and school growth. -more-

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BY PATRICK KANE     STAFF WRITER

HOPEWELL — For Stay-Over Suites owner Jim Clayton, a plot of land on Old Woodlawn Street is a new beginning. Nestled beside Route 36 and Interstate 295, the land has sprouted the $12 million flagship of his new extended-stay hotel chain.

“It’s going to be one of the hottest spots, if not the hottest spot, in all of Virginia,” Clayton said of the Route 36 corridor near Fort Lee. -more-

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 By JOSHUA STEWART, Staff Writer

A large number of those jobs - 5700 - will come from a nationwide consolidation of military bases called the Base Realignment and Closure process, or BRAC. …

Maryland is a big winner when it comes to new military jobs and shouldn’t rely on the federal government to pay the full cost of the impact on roads and schools when thousands of jobs begin to arrive, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer told business leaders this week. -more-

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