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BRAC: Challenges & Opportunities

BRAC: Challenges & Opportunities. The Role of BRAC in Building Maryland’s Future. BRAC Planning. The Lt. Governor & the BRAC Subcabinet are preparing an Action Plan to address the needs of residents and businesses due to arrive in Maryland from BRAC.

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BRAC: Challenges & Opportunities

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  1. BRAC: Challenges & Opportunities The Role of BRAC in Building Maryland’s Future

  2. BRAC Planning • The Lt. Governor & the BRAC Subcabinet are preparing an Action Plan to address the needs of residents and businesses due to arrive in Maryland from BRAC. • The BRAC Action Plan will maximize and leverage the opportunities created by BRAC by identifying projects, programs and initiatives to keep Maryland prosperous, safe and sustainable.

  3. BRAC Planning Principles: • Work with the County & municipal governments to identify a common Vision within which interests can be aligned and a strategies established to address needs efficiently and effectively; • Planning work is focused on identifying and eliminating barriers to broad and specific goals, ensure project certainty, and streamlined to avoid project delays;

  4. BRAC Planning Principles: • Coordinate and build upon efforts that support growth management, community revitalization, reduce infrastructure expenses, and generate economic activity; • Build on existing technical capacity to create an atmosphere of cooperation & good-will between state & local governments to ease future interactions.

  5. Key Numbers for the Eight-Jurisdiction Region • 15,000 direct jobs. • 40-60,000 indirect jobs. • 25,000 associated households.

  6. BRAC Job Supply by Jurisdiction

  7. BRAC Household Demand by Jurisdiction

  8. 234,431 Acres

  9. Priority Funding Areas & Protected Lands

  10. Key BRAC Issues: • Increased development pressure, particularly in Harford and Cecil Counties. • Many jurisdictions will need to take significant steps now to enable their growth areas to accommodate more development capacity. • At the same time take action to protect important rural & natural areas.

  11. Key BRAC Issues: • Of the 25,300 households, 21,600, or 85%, are expected in PFAs / growth areas. • 3,700, or 15%, are expected to locate outside of a PFA/sewer areas. • Tapping the reservoir of capacity that exists within Baltimore City.

  12. Strategically Approach BRAC Challenges and Opportunities: BALANCE NEEDS & RESOURCES • Housing • Infrastructure • Commercial Development • Transportation • Education • Health & Human Services • Work Force Development • Natural • Financial

  13. Housing Affordability by Census Tract for Repeat Buyers, 2002 - 2006 (Based on Statewide Median Household Incomes)

  14. Closing Thoughts • BRAC is not the sole driver of growth in the State. • Focused, well coordinated planning is critical. • There will be smart growth, sprawl growth, and deflected growth. • Partnerships will be necessary. Everyone has a role – public, private and non-profit sectors.

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