Another great article about Huntsville, Alabama in Government Executive magazine's August issue. It features a cover story on Huntsville entitled, "The New Federal City: Huntsville, Ala., is becoming the center of gravity for key agencies."
The magazine, gives an account of Huntsville's and Redstone Arsenal's growth and includes interviews with several families who have relocated here as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's shift of nearly 5,000 federal jobs from the Washington area. Ethan Hadley, the vice president of economic development with the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce, calls the 2005 BRAC the "largest economic development announcement in Alabama history," with thousands of new, high-paying federal jobs coming to Huntsville. BRAC has resulted in a $500 million construction boom for new federal facilities, according to the article, and significant contractor expansion at Cummings Research Park is accompanying the new government activity.
Here's a link to the article: http://www.govexec.com/features/?oref=topnav
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