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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2009 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
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