HEATH-NEWARK-LICKING COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY
                      PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE					CONTACT:
Feb. 26, 2003		        Rick Platt, 740-788-5500 ext. 35


         CONGRESSMAN NEY TO VISIT AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Tour and Briefing Part of Continued Port Authority Caucus-Building Strategy

HEATH, OHIO – U.S. Representative Bob Ney will visit the Central Ohio Aerospace 
and Technology Center (COATC) in Heath on Friday, February 28, 2003.  Ney will 
be briefed by Boeing, AFMETCAL, Bionetics, and Port Authority officials as part 
of a briefing and tour of the facility where military guidance and missile 
systems are repaired.

At 11:45 a.m., a press availability will be held at the western side of the COATC 
Conference Center (adjacent to Aramark’s Flightline Cafe).

COATC was established on property of the former Newark Air Force Base which was 
privatized in 1996.  As part of its economic development strategy, the Heath-
Newark-Licking County Port Authority has recently increased efforts to build 
a caucus of informed supporters among key federal and state officials.

COATC is located in the 18th Congressional District, which Congressman Ney 
represents in the United States House of Representatives.  Ney, who was active 
in helping to retain the base when it was privatized in 1996, will be updated on 
recent developments at COATC and briefed by management personnel of the major 
COATC tenants.

Additional background information on the Central Ohio Aerospace and Technology 
Center is available at coatc.com.

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