FortMeade.net - History

In 2002, the military family housing at Fort Meade became privatized under the Army's Residential Communities Initiatives (RCI) program. RCI is intended to influence the way military families live by offering safe, affordable, convenient and attractive residential communities. This program permits military families to experience the same quality homes, amenities and services offered by most conventional housing communities, without incurring the additional cost of many off-post communities. The Army selected Picerne Military Housing as the developer partner to take on this mission at Fort Meade. Military family housing was transferred to Meade Communities in May 2002. Meade Communities is a partnership between the Army and Picerne.

Picerne's 78 years of experience in developing and managing residential communities has been instrumental in improving the quality of life for military families. Quality living begins before families move-in, as each home is inspected from top to bottom. Each home receives a comprehensive turnover and repair the first time it become vacant. Homes are cleaned and painted, maintenance is completed and upgrades are installed. Upgrades vary by housing area and may include items such as new blinds, plumbing, lighting fixtures, counters, vinyl flooring and in some cases, carpeting and new appliances. For more information on Fort Meade housing, visit http://meadepicerne.com/Meade/home/.

Personalized service for military family housing residents starts at the relocation Office, where families are assisted with their housing needs and directed to the on-post neighborhood office(s) that delivers quality-housing options. Today, five neighborhood offices service the military families living on post. Each office provides full service property management to its neighborhood.

The knowledgeable, dedicated neighborhood teams are available 7-days-a-week to assist with matters such as assignment and termination, placing work orders and resolving neighbor relations problems . Picerne maintenance services include landscaping for each home. residents no longer have to cut their grass or rake leaves. Picerne's broom swept move-out policy has saved thousands of dollars for military families, as a cleaning team is no longer necessary to clear.

Family Services is an integral component of Picerne Military Housing. Members of our family services team work hand-in-hand with installation programs such as the Exceptional family member Program (EFMP), and Family Child Care (FCC) to facilitate and provide specialized services.

Please contact your personal neighborhood office for all of your housing needs and work order requests.

Argonne Hills South & Historic Village: 410-672-2568/410-672-2000(Historic Village)

Bachelor Quarters

Permanent party bachelor accommodations may be obtained from the Army Lodging Office. Accommodations consist of 191 rooms of which 91 have shared baths, 55 have single private baths, 44 are private two room suites which include a kitchenette. The seven distinguished visitor quarters (DVQ) has either one or two bedrooms, a living room, a private bath and a kitchen or kitchenette.

For more information, call: 410-674-7700 ext. 7273 or ext. 7276
301-677-6529
301-677-5884

Post Guest House

The facility consists of 54 rental units with a common use kitchen, laundry, and vending machine room. Reservations are accepted and confirmed 30 days in advance of arrival.

In most cases, active and retired military personnel, their families, and official guests (as determined by the installation commander) are authorized to stay in Army Lodging for up to 30 days on Official orders. Other eligible personnel are authorized for up to seven days. All categories may be extended on a space available basis.

Abrams Hall operates 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week. For costs and/or more information, call (410) 674-7700 ext. 7278 or (301) 677-2045. E-mail address for reservations, williams1@emh1.ftmeade.army.mil or smithd2@emh1.ftmeade.army.mil.

New Construction

Picerne will open the first new neighborhood in the summer of 2003. This neighborhood will include sub-neighborhoods of senior NCOs, junior NCOs, company grade and field grade homes that have been designed with input from fort Meade families. At the heart of each neighborhood, residents will find a custom-designed neighborhood center featuring a clubroom, swimming pool, half-court basketball court, fitness center and coin-operated laundry.

New homes will offer larger rooms, at least three bedrooms and two full baths, walk-in closets and an oversized garage to accommodate additional storage needs. The will be energy efficient and computer ready, and will include many upgraded features such as cabinets and flooring. These homes will be designed with family needs in mind.

Homes are just one facet of Fort Meade's neighborhoods that are under construction. Residents will continue to enjoy amenities such as jogging trails and a golf course, while being introduced to new amenities such as a media center, game room, tot-lots and inviting green spaces. Residents will no linger have to leave their neighborhood to utilize facilities such as a fitness center, pool or shoppette. To move into a new home, military families must live in an existing family housing neighborhood.