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Military Growth Task Force of North Carolina’s Eastern Region
MGTF Update State of the Region 2010
Carteret
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
Marine Corps Base
Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps Air Station New River
Pender
Pamlico
Onslow
Jones
Duplin
CravenMark SutherlandExecutive Director13 January 2011
Wayne
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
NC Military Growth by Installation
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Jan-07 Jan-08 Jan-09 Jan-10 Jan-11 Jan-120
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
140000
160000
128,789
MCB Camp Lejeune/MCAS New River: +13,207 1
1 MCIEAST quarterly growth report2 Data from Fort Bragg Regional Growth Plan & Office of Economic Adjustment Installation Mission Growth Community Profile3 Data from Seymour Johnson Public Affairs Office/Economic Impact Statement [phone conversation 7 Dec 2010]
150,553
Ft. Bragg/Pope AFB: +8,704 2
MCAS Cherry Point: +2,285 1
Seymour Johnson AFB: +1,223 3
NC Military Growth: 2006-2011
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MCB Camp Lejeune/
MCAS New River
Seymour Johnson
AFB
MCAS Cherry Point
Ft. Bragg/
Pope AFB
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
2011 Population
2006 Baseline48,293
61,500
4,970
6,19313,788
16,073
58,083
66,787
15.0%
16.6%
27.3%
24.6%
TOTAL STATE WIDE MILITARY JOB GROWTH = 25,419 OR 20.3% 1 MCIEAST quarterly growth report2 Data from Fort Bragg Regional Growth Plan & Office of Economic Adjustment Installation Mission Growth Community Profile3 Data from Seymour Johnson Public Affairs Office/Economic Impact Statement [phone conversation 7 Dec 2010]
56 % OF NC’S MILITARY IS IN THE MGTF REGION
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• NC’s military lives and works in Eastern NC• NC’s military is 95% “operational”• Operational military bases are a “rural industry”• The Eastern Region is home to 83,766 military jobs
• Payroll of $4.03 billion
• These workers live in nine counties • The Eastern Region’s military owns 181,000 acres of land• The Eastern Region’s military economic impact is $6.63 billion • ……and it grew over 20% in the past five years
The Military as an Industry
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• Loss of Training Capacity• Increasing Restrictions / Limitations• Military Training Routes• White Space
• Loss of Military Value• Dark Night Sky• Regulatory• Artificialities
• DoD Cutbacks• 25% Budget Reduction• Force Reduction (47,000)
Threats
“If nothing changes, your military will be run out of North Carolina”
Major General Carl Jensen, Commanding General Marine Corps Installations East
1940 HOUSING DENSITY
2000 HOUSING DENSITY
2030 HOUSING DENSITY
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R-123 Surface to 35,000 feet
R-125 5,000 to 35,000 feet
1957
Cherry Point Airspace History
20 miles
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R-5306 Surface to 35,000 feet
1963
20 miles
Cherry Point Airspace History
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SEYMOURJOHNSON
APPROACH
R-5306B
R-5306C
R-5306A
BT-9
BT-11
R-5306D
R-5306E
1972All ceilings cut to 18,000 feet
20 miles
Cherry Point Airspace History
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R-5314 A-J
R-5306CR-5306E
1978
R-5306DHat Fox MOA
20 miles
Cherry Point Airspace History
R-5306A
BT-9
BT-11
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R-5306CR-5306E
2008
R-5306D
Hat Fox MOA
R-5304R-5303
85% reduction
• Remaining training space
must be protected from further erosion
Cherry Point Airspace History
R-5306A
BT-9
BT-11
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A Regional Planning Partnership – “PlanIt East”
• Task: foster the development of a
comprehensive regional planning partnership that coalesces the visions and
inputs of multiple competing constituencies
in order to arrive at consensus solutions for
accommodating sustainable growth
Local Gov’t
Agriculture
DevelopersMilitary
Environment /Conservation
Pender, Onslow, Carteret, Pamlico, Craven, Jones, Duplin, Wayne, Lenoir
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Opportunities
• 25% Budget Reduction– Quest for increased efficiency– “Outside the Box” solutions– NC’s geographical location– Density of DoD activity in NC– Existing Infrastructure Capacity
• DoD Commitment to “Buy Local”– Regional Food Systems
• Aggressive DoD Mandates for Renewables– Project Eastern Gain (Biofuels)
• Will add $1 billion to military contracts in eastern NC
• DoD role in “Market-Based Conservation”
New York9%
North Carolina
47%
Georgia28%
Ken-tucky16%
Army / Marine Corps Ground Bases (Eastern US)By State - Based on Job numbers
