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2005 Base Realignment and Closure
(BRAC)
During the past two decades RKG Associates, Inc. has worked with over 30 communities across the nation on various planning and development projects relating to the closure, realignment and expansion of military installations. During the past year, in anticipation of decisions made during the 2005 BRAC process, staff at RKG Associates assisted local officials in evaluating planning options relating to Fort Knox (Kentucky) and the Brunswick Naval Air Station (Maine).
Based on recommendations made by the 2005 BRAC Commission, 22 major military facilities were identified for closure and 31 for realignment. These recommendations, as well as a number of other decisions made by the Commission that will impact the use of numerous other smaller military installations, became law on November 8, 2005. After the BRAC Commission recommendations were ratified, RKG Associates assisted local officials in Virginia Beach, Virginia by preparing a fiscal and economic impact analysis to help the City evaluate the possible impacts of the realignment of Naval Air Station Oceana. As part of the current BRAC process, in order for Oceana to remain an active military installation in Virginia Beach, the City must comply with requirements that would entail the taking and demolition of over 3,400 housing units. Closure of Oceana and the relocation of the military mission to another State would mean the loss of over 8,500 jobs to the area.
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