APG commander Ferrell motivated by his challenges 

BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: September 3, 2012
Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Base Realignment and Closure, BRAC, Major Gen. Robert S. Ferrell, maryland, military

Good things come in small packages. That’s the mantra of Major Gen. Robert S. Ferrell, the new commanding general of Aberdeen Proving Ground, whose leadership, six months into his latest assignment with the U.S. Army, comes at a time when the suburban base has just completed a historic expansion under the Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC, process.

Md. has $9M plan to ease Aberdeen traffic jams

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: June 12, 2012
Tags: aberdeen, Aberdeen Proving Ground, BRAC, governor's committee on base realignment and closure, intersection upgrades, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, maryland, old post road, paradise road, route 22, traffic jams

ABERDEEN — Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown says Maryland is spending nearly $9 million to help ease traffic congestion tied to the growth of Aberdeen Proving Ground. Brown said Monday that $7.6 million will pay for land acquisition at the intersection of Route 22 and Paradise Road. He says the state will spend $1 million to [...]

Federal spending helping state’s economy 

BY: Tom Linthicum
POSTED: April 30, 2012
Tags: Anirban Basu, BRAC, Development, economist, Economy, federal spending, maryland, Maryland Economic Development Association, MEDA conference

CAMBRIDGE — Maryland’s recovery gained momentum during the last year largely on the strength of increased federal spending and BRAC-related development, a leading economist told state and local economic development officials gathered here Monday. While much of the news was positive, Anirban Basu warned members of the Maryland Economic Development Association that uncertainties associated with [...]

Ramping up at Crossroads@95 

BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: January 17, 2012
Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Baltimore, BRAC, construction, crossroads@95, Development, Martin State Airport, maryland, Somerset Construction Co., white marsh
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More than five years ago, Baltimore County officials held a festive celebration to mark the opening of a $75.6 million, four-mile extension of Route 43 that connected White Marsh to Middle River. But not long after a parade and the ceremonial ribbon cutting, construction of the $1 billion mixed-use Baltimore Crossroads@95 slowed down. Until now. [...]

Joe Nathanson: How to achieve mayor’s goal to grow the city 

BY: Joe Nathanson
POSTED: January 9, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Base Realignment and Closure, BRAC, Chesapeake Science and Security Corridor, growth, harford county, Joe Nathanson, Live Baltimore, maryland, mayor rawlings-blake

In her inaugural speech marking the start of her first full term, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced her goal of having the city gain 10,000 households over this decade. This is certainly an ambitious goal, considering that the city has been losing population since the middle of the last century. At its peak in 1950, Baltimore [...]

Wegmans filling new need in Harford County 

BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: September 21, 2011
Tags: Base Realignment and Closure, BRAC, Business, fresh food, grocery store, harford county, market, store, wegman's

One door has closed and another has opened. That’s the scenario in Harford County this month, as the main phase of the Base Realignment and Closure process came to an end and Wegmans, the super-sized grocer from Rochester, N.Y., opened a 125,000-square-foot store on Route 924. And the two are linked, said Gerry Troisi, Wegmans’ [...]

State officials mark end of BRAC

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: September 15, 2011
Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, BRAC, defense contractors, fort meade, jobs, joint base andrews, maryland, military, walter reed national military medical center

ANNAPOLIS — State and military officials are marking the end of a military base realignment process that is bringing thousands of jobs to Maryland. Thursday was the official deadline for moving 19,000 military jobs to Maryland at the direction of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The moves brought 8,000 jobs to Aberdeen Proving [...]

St. John donates $10M to UM for classroom center 

BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: September 14, 2011
Tags: BRAC, Education, edward st. john, edward st. john foundation, edward st. john teaching and learning center, engineering, harford county, holzapfel hall, martin O'Malley, St. John Properties, University of Maryland College Park, wallace d. loh

Edward St. John, founder of the commercial real estate company, St. John Properties Inc., announced a $10 million gift to the University of Maryland Wednesday to help build a new, state-of-the-art, multipurpose classroom center on the College Park campus. The $63 million, 47,900-square-foot building will be a public-private effort and will be called the Edward [...]

New building opens at Fort Meade

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: August 16, 2011
Tags: Base Realignment and Closure, BRAC, contractors, defense adjudication activities facility, Department of Defense, fort meade, rep. john sarbanes, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin

A ceremony attended by high-ranking military officials and civilian lawmakers including U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin and Rep. John Sarbanes is scheduled Wednesday at Fort Meade to mark the official opening of the Defense Adjudication Activities facility, a new, 151,000-square-foot building constructed as part of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) relocation. Completed in May, the [...]

Fort Meade gets new commander

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: July 26, 2011
Tags: afghanistan, Anne Arundel County, BRAC, daniel thomas, edward rothstein, fort meade, military

FORT MEADE — Fort Meade’s new installation commander is no stranger to the Army post near Baltimore. Col. Edward Rothstein did two stints there before assuming command Tuesday. He was assigned to the 743rd Military Intelligence Battalion at Fort Meade from 1993 to 1996. And he served at the National Security Agency there from 2007 [...]

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