The Vindicator:
During the past 12 to 18 months, much has happened concerning our local military assets. Both Camp Garfield (formerly Camp Ravenna) and the Youngstown Air Reserve Station have had, arguably, their best year in more than a decade. To that end, the community as a whole, our state legislative leaders and our federal delegation have all contributed to their recent successes, with a nice “push” from the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber’s advocacy arm, the Eastern Ohio Military Affairs Commission (EOMAC). Where we go from here largely depends on staying the course and continuing to ring the bell for our local military installations.
The Regional Chamber created EOMAC four years ago to defend and support the military missions that call our corner of the state “home.” With the help and financial support of the chamber, Western Reserve Port Authority, Youngstown Air Reserve Base Community Council, Trumbull 100, Portage Development Board and the Community Foundation of Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, the chamber and EOMAC have been able to accomplish some things for both Camp Garfield and YARS that would have been little more than pipedreams a few years ago.
