Coast Guard City

A Coast Guard City is a United States municipality designated as such by the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard on application of the local civilian government.

It is an honorary designation intended to recognize communities of special importance to the U.S. Coast Guard.

"[1] Designation as a Coast Guard City is made by the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard on advice of a review board and upon application by a municipal government.

[2][3] According to the U.S. Coast Guard, applications are expected to demonstrate an applicant jurisdiction's ability to meet a multi-part criteria that can include: erection of monuments and memorials to the Coast Guard, organization of civic celebrations on the anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Coast Guard, offer of special recognition and merchandise discounts to Coast Guard personnel by the local business community, providing support to local U.S. Coast Guard Morale, Welfare and Recreation initiatives.

If the Commandant desires to recognize any other community in the same manner or any other community requests such recognition from the Coast Guard, the Commandant shall notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 90 days prior to approving such recognition.

Children wave the flag of the United States Coast Guard during the Grand Haven, Michigan Coast Guard Festival Parade in 2013. In 1998, Grand Haven became the first city designated a "Coast Guard City."
A sign in Astoria, Oregon , designating that city as a "Coast Guard City." Astoria was designated as such on May 1, 2010.
A proclamation ceremony on July 9, 2010, officially designating Traverse City, Michigan , as a "Coast Guard City".
A Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City . Elizabeth City, North Carolina , was designated a "Coast Guard City" on May 29, 2015.