{"id":85116,"date":"2026-01-13T01:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/85116\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T01:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:30:09","slug":"ohio-gov-wants-next-coast-guard-training-facility-in-ohio-200-miles-from-lake-erie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/85116\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Gov wants next Coast Guard training facility in Ohio, 200 miles from Lake Erie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOIO) &#8211; Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has submitted the state as the home for a possible new Coast Guard training facility, believing that the Urbana University site to fit the mold. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Urbana University closed in 2020, with the campus sitting vacant. The campus is in Urbana, around 200 miles from Lake Erie. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">It\u2019s location, while not close to any source of large water, does fit the mold for a possible Coast Guard training facility. According to the U.S. Coast Guard official website, here are the requirements needed:<\/p>\n<p>Lodging for 1,200 recruits\u00a0A dining facility capable of seating 400 personnel\u00a0A medical facility to support 1,000 personnel (minimum 200 medical encounters and 200 dental encounters per day)\u00a014 classrooms sized to accommodate 30-60 students\u00a0An auditorium with a capacity of 500+ students\u00a0A pool with 6 lanes, 25 yards in length, and a minimum depth of 4 feet\u00a0A multipurpose gymnasium\/athletic\/sports facility suitable for sitting 1,200 personnel\u00a0Office space for 400 staff members\u00a0A land area of 150-250 acres\u00a0Proximity to a small commercial service or larger airport within 30 miles\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Coast Guard does not mandate training facilities to be directly near a large body of water, despite being the maritime search and rescue operation of the United States. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The federal government\u2019s call for submissions closed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.uscg.mil\/Press-Releases\/Article\/4329503\/coast-guard-solicits-potential-locations-for-additional-training-center\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news.uscg.mil\/Press-Releases\/Article\/4329503\/coast-guard-solicits-potential-locations-for-additional-training-center\/\">December 8, 2025<\/a>, so it\u2019s unknown if the Governor\u2019s submission will even be considered at this time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Below is the letter Governor DeWine sent to the federal government. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Governor DeWine sends letter calling for Ohio to be next Coast Guard training site.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KN7MNBEE6RB2NIDYNKTHC52ISM.jpeg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1160\" \/>Governor DeWine sends letter calling for Ohio to be next Coast Guard training site.(NA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WOIO. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOIO) &#8211; Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has submitted the state as the home for a possible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2376,12781,136,138,137,12786,12784,12783,12785,12787,12782],"class_list":{"0":"post-85116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breaking-news-video","10":"tag-erie","11":"tag-erie-headlines","12":"tag-erie-news","13":"tag-live-speeches","14":"tag-live-updates","15":"tag-live-video","16":"tag-press-conference","17":"tag-real-time-coverage","18":"tag-video-updates"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}