2024 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 38
Charles County Government Annual Report • 2024
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OASIS
FRESH FOODS MARKET
WESTERN CHARLES COUNTY TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR
RESILIENCY STUDY
A technical advisory group has been established to create a Town of Indian Head
Transportation Corridor Resiliency Study, led by Tri-County Council of Southern
Maryland. The study is funded by the Department of Defense. This study features a transportation and pedestrian analysis of the area of concern along
the MD Route 210 corridor. The final report shall include an implementation
and cost analysis strategy including financing opportunities and recommendations, conceptual planning of alternatives, emergency preparedness
tabletop scenario, and a communication plan for the initial kickof f and
selected alternatives.
NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER INDIAN HEAD DIVISION
The Navy is using an all-hands-on-deck strategy to bolster its munitions capability and capacity. As the Navy’s only arsenal, Naval Surface Warfare Center
Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) provides surge capacity and advances
state of the science and technology of energetics, encompassing propellants, explosives and missiles, providing enduring comparative advantage.
With help from the EDD, the Oasis
mar ket projec t ident i f ied s t ate
and federal funding oppor tunities
and received recommendation letters from the EDD of fice for their
applications.
T h e proje c t s e cure d $2.1 million
in low-cost state funding from the
Maryland Department of Housing and
Community Development and approximately $1 million from various state
grants. Marilyn and Mark Steele personally guaranteed the state loan and
contributed substantial additional funding, bringing the total building costs to
approximately $5 million. Construction
began on the 6,000-square-foot market
in September 2023 and officially concluded
in September 2024.
Alongside traditional investments in the Military Industrial Base, the
Navy also aims to revitalize its capabilities and capacities via the
Energetic Comprehensive Modernization Plan (ECMP). The vision
for the ECMP is to provide an arsenal that is safe, agile, resilient and
ready to provide the capabilities and capacity required for wartime
preparation, surge and replenishment. ECMP includes more than
500 infrastructure modernization projects, balanced across all of
the Navy’s core competencies including the NSWC IHD. One of
these projects is the planned 5,000 sq ft Combustion Lab, a new
research facility in the diagnostics of flames and combustion.
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