Big projects break ground at Camp Ravenna

NEWTON FALLS

Though the work began several weeks ago, officials broke ground Monday on a $2 million, 116-bed barracks and a $1.6 million water and sewer project at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center.

The location of the barracks is at the eastern edge of the 21,403-acre Ohio National Guard military training site, close to the intersection of state routes 5 and 534 in Braceville Township.

The ceremony also celebrates the investment the federal government has made in the former Ravenna Arsenal site acquired by the Ohio National Guard in 1999.

In addition to the $9.3 million worth of building and infrastructure improvements completed and in progress, the training center also had in 2009 a payroll of about $10 million, contracts of about $3.8 million, the National Guard says.

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