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 As is true in other BRAC growth communities throughout the country, the long-term “big picture” in the Marine Corps Base Quantico region involves the balance of various forces: military missions, regional growth (or decline), traffic, noise, tax revenue, jobs, public services, and quality of life, to name a few.
Prince William and Stafford counties, along with the Marine Corps Base, are involved in a number of studies, plans, innovative ideas, budgetary adjustments, and other activities which will impact regional economic development and growth for decades to come.
MCB Quantico is beginning to attract ongoing attention from federal / military and private sector users, and this attention could impact training missions at the base. Alternatives might include opposing or accommodating future changes, depending on offsetting factors.
The Quantico Growth Management Committee could be the logical catalyst for evaluating, choosing, and advocating an optimal alternative. Beyond its initial purpose, which was to identify, assess, and address issues related only to BRAC 2005 related growth at the 62,000-acre Marine Corps Base Quantico -- scheduled to conclude in the Fall of 2011 -- QGMC could evolve into a broader role in land use, transportation, and economic development coordination related to the future nature, scale, and extent of military missions and activities throughout an immense growth corridor containing dozens of defense contractors, several military installations, and numerous public / private stakeholders.
What began as a narrowly-focused local Committee could become a premier regional advocate and innovative “change agent” that inspires decision makers, facilitates multi-jurisdictional / multi-base collaboration, unifies regional plans and projects, proposes and supports legislation and favorable action at the federal / state / regional levels, promotes military missions and their economic growth, and wins national awards for achieving “civilian-military” harmony.
This “big picture” view may emerge as the goals of the QGMC BRAC Action Plan are achieved.
Support from stakeholders will be welcomed…
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Page last Updated: 7/1/2009 10:28 AM
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