By Roy S. Johnson After languishing dormant for almost two years since the closing of financially failing Birmingham-Southern College, the sprawling 192-acre campus on the city’s west side has a new owner. U.S. Homeland Security has agreed to purchase the property and make it the newest home of the U.S. Coast Guard, according to an announcement on Wednesday. The campus is slated to be utilized as a training facility for 1,200 recruits and 400 staff members, said the agency. “We’re very excited to announce that 1,000 jobs are on their way Birmingham,” Mayor Randall Woodfin posted on Facebook. “Major thanks go out to
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