WASHINGTON — Your economic stimulus money is about to spruce things up at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Monday, announced that the base has received $22.8 million in economic stimulus money out of a $2.3 billion pot devoted to military construction and family housing construction projects funded in the bill.

"These funds will drive economic activity while ensuring much-needed repairs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base," Brown said. "It's critical that the state of our military facilities matches the quality of our armed forces."

The projects funded in the bill are largely mundane — the money will pay for increasing lighting, replacing roofs and resurfacing a track at the Kittyhawk Fitness Center, among other projects — but include a few projects with higher price tags. The program will pay $1.4 million to repair lighting systems across the base for energy conservation as well as pay for work on a perimeter fence at St. Rt. 444 aimed at fighting terrorism. And it'll go toward the installation of canopies over security checkpoints. Currently, some checkpoints are in the open air, meaning security has to stand out in the snow and rain on occasion.

"This is all 'below the radar' kinds of maintenance," said Michael Gessel of the Dayton Development Coalition, whose organization lobbies for funds for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. "These are, for the most part, routine maintenance and repair work."

Dayton's Veterans Affairs Medican Center and Dayton National Cemetery, meanwhile, received $6.9 million from the bill, including $2.7 million for a community living center project at the nursing home and $2.5 million for conservation measures.

Elsewhere in the state, Middletown's Ohio Army National Guard armory will receive $125,000 for plumbing renovations.