BRAC: Moving and Shaking in Virginia

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BRAC: Moving and Shaking in Virginia

Our series on military base realignment in the Washington region continues with a look at Northern Virginia.

Virginia's Department of Defense workers are on the move as a huge shift of military and civilian personnel gets underway. Crystal City will lose 13,000 workers, but instead of lamenting the loss Arlington County is looking ahead. In other changes, the population at Fort Belvoir is set to nearly double, and not everyone is welcoming a move to the Mark Center in Alexandria. We look at what Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC, means for your neighborhood and your commute.

Guests

Andrea Morris

is the Base Realignment and Closure Project Coordinator for Arlington County.

Abi Lerner

Deputy Director of Transportation for the City of Alexandria

Marty Nohe

member, Prince William Board of County Supervisors; chair, Northern Virginia Regional Commission’s BRAC Committee.

Terrie Suit

Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs and Homeland Security, Commonwealth of Virginia

Related Links

Arlington County BRAC Transition Center
Northern Virginia Regional Commission's BRAC Committee
City of Alexandria BRAC
Virginia BRAC

Related Video

U.S. House member Jim Moran (D-8th District) discusses what brought BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) to the Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia, and the impact the 6,400 workers it brings will have:

Fox News Channel 5 covers Congressman Jim Moran's test run of the proposed shuttle from the Metro to the Mark Center on September 29, 2010:

Information from Fairfax County, including land use impacts, about the transfer of 14,000-19,000 Department of Defense jobs to Fort Belvoir by Sept. 15, 2011:

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