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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has the attention of President Joe Biden and Congress, putting it in a strong position to continue getting needed federal support, according to Michael Gessel, the Dayton, Ohio, region’s top lobbyist in Washington D.C.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representative Michael Turner (R-OH-10) announced that the Department of Defense has selected Ohio to host a defense innovation hub, the Ohio Mission Acceleration Center.
Dayton’s business leaders met with government officials this week in Washington, D.C. to talk about the region’s economic priorities. At the Fly-in, leaders also discussed business and legislative issues affecting the Dayton region.
The child care center proposal appears on a list of fiscal year 2023 unfunded priority military construction requirements. The project is listed as
Dayton’s space bid aimed high but fell short, for now Thomas Gnau A pair of recent decisions with national implications appeared to dent the Dayton area’s significance for national defense. First, the Air Force revealed a list of finalist locations for the basing of Space Command headquarters. The list did not include Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Next, a standing committee of the House Republican conference did not select Dayton’s congressman, Mike Turner, to serve as the Armed Services Committee’s highest ranking GOP member. He had sought the position, but lost ou...