Saturday, March 24, 2007
Big effects
The jury is still out, and discussions continue, about whether it makes sense for the city of Lakewood to cooperate with other government agencies to buy land around McChord Air Force Base. The idea would be to show the community is serious about preventing further development around the bases, which could, in theory, help prevent closure of the base.
The only update I have is that McChord Air Force Base dropped something into our weekly City Council packet that is interesting. It's called an "Economic Influence Statement." The report says that in 2006, McChord
- Employs either directly or indirectly about 17,000 jobs.
- Created enough economic activity to support 4,400 jobs.
- Has a payroll of $348 million.
- Pumped a total of $13.56 billion into the economy.
And that's just McChord! It just goes to show that our discussion about how to prevent bases from closing is very, very high stakes.
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The only update I have is that McChord Air Force Base dropped something into our weekly City Council packet that is interesting. It's called an "Economic Influence Statement." The report says that in 2006, McChord
- Employs either directly or indirectly about 17,000 jobs.
- Created enough economic activity to support 4,400 jobs.
- Has a payroll of $348 million.
- Pumped a total of $13.56 billion into the economy.
And that's just McChord! It just goes to show that our discussion about how to prevent bases from closing is very, very high stakes.
