The BRAC Impact

BRAC Update

Chamber of Commerce Huntsville/Madison County

Madison County’s Growth & Diversification Population

400,000

BRAC BIOTECH ARMY AVIATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

300,000 SPACE SCIENCE

200,000 100,000

SPACE DEFENSE ELECTRONICS

NASA APOLLO VON BRAUN ARMY MISSILES AGRICULTURE

319,510 276,700

238,912 196,966 186,540

117,348 66,317

72,903

1940’s 1950’s 1960’s 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s 2000’s 2010

Primary Industries The Huntsville Metro Area has the highest per capita concentration of engineers Defense of any community in the country.

Aerospace

-U.S. Census Bureau

Life Sciences Advanced Manufacturing Information Technology

BRAC represents the largest economic development jobs announcement in Alabama history

Redstone Arsenal

$29.5 Billion Annual Contracts

Base Realignment & Closure (BRAC) Jobs

Capital Investment

136

$6,400,000

1,410

$103,718,000

323

$74,400,000

2,248

$199,000,000

50

$3,000,000

Security Assistance Command (Alexandria, VA)

367

$18,300,000

Space & Missile Defense Command (Arlington, VA)

180

$33,000,000

Incoming Commands 2nd Recruiting Brigade (Atlanta, GA) Army Materiel Command (Alexandria, VA) Aviation Technical Test Center (Dothan, AL) Missile Defense Agency (Arlington, VA) Rotary W ing Air Platform (Macon, GA)

TOTAL TOTAL PAYROLL

4,714 $437,818,000 $457,000,000

Redstone General Officers U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) General Lieutenant General Major General Major General

Commanding General Deputy Commander Chief of Staff DCS Operations

U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command (SMDC ) Lieutenant General

Commanding General

U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command (AMCOM) Major General

Commanding General

PEO Aviation Major General

Deputy PEO

PEO Missile and Space Major General

Program Executive Office

U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) Major General

Commanding General

Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Major General (AF) Brigadier General (AF) Coming with BRAC

Deputy for Test, Integration & Fielding Program Director GMD Currently at Redstone

BRAC Timeline

BRAC Implementation 4, 635

5000 4500

3,853

4000

Jobs

3500

Planned Actual 9/08 Cumulative Actual Cumulative Planned

3000 2500

1,630

2000

1,029

1500 1000 500

388

1,701

1,942

1,908

1,386 903

648 515

793

743

483

388 388

224

0 2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Economic Development Highlights 1995 – 2008 1995 U.S. Army Aviation & Troop Command 1997 ADTRAN - Expansion 1998 Boeing - National Missile Defense Program 1999 Target Stores - Distribution Center 1999 International Corporation - Engine Facility 2000 West Teleservices - Call Center 2000 Cinram Expansion 2001 Toyota - Engine Assembly Plant 2003 Matsu 2004 Toyota – Engine Assembly Plant Expansion 2004 Northrop Grumman 2005 Northrop Grumman 2005 Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology 2005 BRAC 2006 Verizon Wireless 2007 Booz Allen Hamilton 2008 DHS

Announced New Jobs 2,000 jobs 1,500 jobs 700 jobs 800 jobs 350 jobs 1,065 jobs 700 jobs 350 jobs 115 jobs 300 jobs 500 jobs 600 jobs 1,063 jobs 4,714 jobs 1,300 jobs 415 jobs 150 jobs

Labor Force & Employment Growth Huntsville Metro Area 200,000 180,000

Employment Labor Force

2000-2008 +15.8% +11.3%

160,000 140,000

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employment Growth Peer Metros 2000-2008 20%

18.9% 15.8%

15%

15.6% 12.1%

10% 6.0% 5%

Raleigh Huntsville Austin Charlotte Atlanta

4.0%

U.S.

3.3%

Alabama

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Labor Force Growth Alabama Metros 2000-2008 30,000 20,759 20,000 10,000 -3,921

Birmingham

5,990

7,934

-859

Mobile

Huntsville

Montgomery

Alabama

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Mar 08 - Mar 09

Unemployment Rate, 2006-Present

3.4% 4.9%

9.0%

9.0%

3.7%

8.5% 8.0% 7.0%

6.8%

6.0% 5.0%

U.S.

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Huntsville Metro Employment, 2001-Present 60,000 50,000

Government Manufacturing

40,000

Business Trade

30,000 20,000

Hospitality 10,000

2001 December Figures

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Source: AL Department of Industrial Relations

Total Construction Activity - Huntsville Metro $1,000,000,000

9.6%

$800,000,000 $600,000,000 $400,000,000 $200,000,000

2003

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Source: FW Dodge

Workforce Migration

Commuting Area Total Workers In: 31,822 Total Workers Out: 7,804 Net Migration: 24,018

Redstone Arsenal 38,000 Acres

32,500 Jobs

BRAC Civil Servant Positions

Aero/Defense Recruitment 2009

So what…

• What does BRAC mean to me as an educator?

– More students – Transfers & transcripts

• How will BRAC impact the technical workforce?

– Increase the overall skill requirements – Increase the potential skilled workforce shortage – Increase pay scales among skilled workers

• What does BRAC mean to my students?

– More and better job opportunities – Greater need for career awareness

Resources • Career Coaches • •

Career awareness Degree attainment

• Huntsville/Madison County 101 for Educators • Junior Achievement of North Alabama • •

Job Shadowing Adventures in Engineering

• Career Quest series at Sci-Quest • Engineering academies, education summit, STEM resources website, career tech initiative

Business Headlines

Huntsville named the Country’s Leading Metro f or Consum er Loan Growth -W all Street Journal, Marc h 2009

Huntsville named Nation’s Best City in 2009 -Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, July 2009