RESILIENT MARYLAND DEFENSE COMMUNITIES PROJECT
With 20 military facilities spanning Maryland and generating more than $61 billion in economic impact, ensuring the long-term feasibility of these installations is essential for both national defense and the well-being of the communities which support them. To help insulate these installations from the effects of extreme weather, climatechange, or other natural or man-made threats to mission readiness, the Maryland Department of Commerce has launched the Resilient Maryland Defense Communities program.
Utilizing a $1.06 million Department of Defense grant from the Office of Local Community Cooperation (OLDCC), Maryland will partner with the military, local defense communities, and state agencies including the Maryland Office of Resilience within the Department of Emergency Management and the Department of Planning, with the goal of assessing resilience risks in defense communities that host military installations, identifying interdependencies and vulnerabilities and gaps in resources to address them, and provide recommendations aimed at mitigating these threats. To meet this goal, the Resilient Maryland Defense Communities Project will produce a “One Community” framework, aligning federal, state, and local resilience planning efforts while focusing on the unique needs of Maryland’s military installations and their local communities.
MARYLAND’S Military Installations
Fort Detrick
Economic Impacts
66,409 jobs; $11.2B in total output; $5.7B in total wages
Naval Support Activity Bethesda
Economic Impacts
14,620 jobs; $1.9B in total output; $1.4B in total wages
Fort George G. Meade
Economic Impacts
116,036 jobs; $17.8B in total output; $10.5B in total wages
Naval Support Facility Carderock
Economic Impacts
3,799 jobs; $0.6B in total output; $0.4B in total wages
National Maritime Intelligence Integration Center
Economic Impacts
6,049 jobs; $0.9B in total output; $0.5B in total wages
Naval Support
Indian Head
Economic Impacts
4,771 jobs; $0.7B
$0.5B in total
Maryland National Guard
Economic Impacts
8,753 jobs; $0.6B in total output; $0.4B in total wages
Support Facility
Impacts
$0.7B in total output; total wages
Army Corps of Engineers—Baltimore District Economic Impacts
7,271 jobs; $1.3B in total output; $0.5B in total wages
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Economic Impacts
23,698 jobs; $4.0B in total output; $2.3B in total wages
Coast Guard Yard Economic Impacts
6,561 jobs; $0.9B in total output; $0.4B in total wages
Naval Support Activity Annapolis
Economic Impacts
10,149 jobs; $1.0B in total output; $0.7B in total wages
Joint Base Andrews
Economic Impacts
19,024 jobs; $2.5B in total output; $1.5B in total wages
Naval Research Lab—Chesapeake Bay Detachment Economic Impacts
61 jobs; $9.8M in total output; $5.3M in total wages
Naval Air Station Patuxent River
Economic Impacts
52,317 jobs; $6.3B in total output; $4.2B in total wages
output | 389,949 jobs | $33B in wages
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Community Engagement
These eight military communities have engaged in the Military Installation Resiliency Review or similar collaborative military-community planning efforts in their communities, the outcomes of which will provide the basis for the collaborative framework to be developed under the Resilient Maryland Defense Communities Program:
• Naval Support Facility Indian Head in partnership with Charles County
• Joint Base Andrews in partnership with Prince George’s County
• Naval Support Activity Annapolis in partnership with City of Annapolis
• Naval Support Activity Bethesda in partnership with Montgomery County
• Naval Air Station Patuxent River in partnership with St. Mary’s County
• Fort Meade in partnership with Anne Arundel County
• Fort Detrick in partnership with Frederick County, and
• Aberdeen Proving Ground in partnership with Harford County
Contact: Jennifer Chiasson
Senior Grant Program Manager, Office of Military & Federal Affairs
jennifer.chiasson@maryland.gov (443) 388-6245
