Attracting Aviation Businesses -- How?

Jim Weir wrote:

Another tack worth thinking about is carving the airport out of the city into a
special use district...sort of a "city within a city". Once this happens, the
city council has absolutely no say about how the airport is run, but the
district also has to be self-funding with a nominal tax base set by the election
that forms the district.

Governance by an Airport Authority via members appointed by ?

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:31:26 -0400, Ron Natalie wrote:

\ Through the Fence Operations

Last time we had a through the fence operation the pilot had to buy a new prop :-)

What happened? Forget to open the gate first?

Fortunately, my no sipping on soft drinks while reading usenet rule is
still in effect, or you'd owe me a new keyboard.


Morris

There's a position vacant on your Airport Advisory Board. You should, for
a
number of reasons, try to get yourself appointed by the City Commission.
It's not a tremendous commitment of time, and it will certainly help you
to
protect the airport, or at least give you some advance warning of
problems.

Actually, I was under the impression that it was just filled. (By Randy
Hartwig, who should be an EXCELLENT addition to the board...)

Also, owning an airport-related business may be a conflict of interest,
according to a couple of gray heads on the field. (I'm not so sure about
that, but I'm no lawyer.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"