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Local leaders push Port Royal site for proposed Coast Guard training base
Summary
Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Joe Wilson joined local business and county officials backing an application to site a Coast Guard training facility at Naval Hospital Beaufort in Port Royal; a county report cited roughly $300 million in regional benefits and about 2,200 jobs, county economic-development leaders said.
Local and federal officials and area business groups are backing an application to locate a proposed U.S. Coast Guard training facility on the grounds of Naval Hospital Beaufort in Port Royal.
The effort — filed by the Beaufort County Economic Development Corp. (BCED), the Beaufort Area Chamber of Commerce and the Beaufort Defense Community Partnership Task Force — drew public support from U.S. Sen. Tim Scott and U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, who sent a letter supporting the…
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