Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is working on new service agreements with Wright State University and the Wright-Patterson Regional Council of Governments — pacts that could smooth the way to greater cooperation between the base and Daytona-area localities.
The Wright-Patterson Regional Council of Governments (COG) is a council of several communities formed in the past three years, uniting the governments of Dayton, Fairborn, Huber Heights, Bath Twp., Beavercreek, Riverside and others, communities who want to work with one of the nation’s biggest and most important Air Force bases.
The group is a municipal government, recognized as such by the state of Ohio, that can make purchases, pass zoning laws and take actions similar to any municipality found on a map.
Vince King Jr., community partnership program manager for Wright-Patt’s 88th Air Base Wing, briefed the council on work toward the agreements Wednesday at a COG meeting.
The agreements can strengthen local partnerships in a relatively quick way, easing bureaucracy and clearing the way for cooperation in areas like road work, snow removal and more.
For example, Wright State recently inked an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory to share space at the university’s Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration building, the first pact of its kind in the Dayton area.
