From Fort McCoy
Armed Forces Day Open House Mark your calendars to attend Fort McCoy’ s Armed Forces Day Open House Saturday, May 19. Many Family-friendly activities are planned for the event, which is free and open to the public.
Visitors can access the event site via Gate 15 off of Wisconsin Highway 21 between Tomah and Sparta. Adult visitors must be prepared to show photo identification upon entering. For more information, call the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office at 608-388-2407.
Fort McCoy’ s FY 2017 economic impact exceeds $ 1.18 billion Fort McCoy’ s total economic impact for fiscal year( FY) 2017 was an estimated $ 1.18 billion, up from the $ 896.8 million reported for FY 2016
Workforce payroll, operating costs, and other expenditures totaled $ 294.8 million for FY 2017 compared to $ 280.2 million for FY 2016. A total of 2,251 personnel worked at Fort McCoy in FY 2017— 1,160 civilians, 535 military, and 556 contract employees.
Approximately 74 percent of the workforce lives within Monroe County. The total FY 2017 workforce payroll for civilian and military personnel was $ 145.2 million.
FY 2017 operating costs of $ 133.02 million included utilities, physical plant maintenance, repair and improvements, new construction projects, purchases of supplies and services, as well as salaries for civilian contract personnel working at Fort McCoy.
Other expenditures accounted for $ 16.5 million and covered $ 933,296 in payments to local governments( including land permit agreements, school district impact aid, etc.) as well as $ 15.6 million in discretionary spending in local communities by service members at Fort McCoy for training.
A gross multiplier index( GMI) of 4.0 was used to determine the overall effect of the expenditures in the local economy. The GMI measures the number of times a dollar turns over within a region.
Fort McCoy supported training for a record 155,975 personnel in FY 2017, which ran from Oct. 1, 2016, to Sept. 30, 2017. The training population included reserve- and active-component personnel from throughout the military and contributed to the economic impact.
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