Business View Magazine | April 2021

115 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2021 vacavalleyexcavatingandtrucking.com 707 - 453 - 1812 facebook.com / vvexc With 35 years of experience, our reputation is built on the quality of our work - a quality you can depend on! 2201 E. Monte Vista Ave. Vacaville, CA 95688 NUT TREE A I RPORT and ‘80s they had over 500 employees and saw three million visitors per year. Everyone from Shirley Temple to Queen Elizabeth has been to the Nut Tree. Its 75-year reign as the king of roadside attractions came to an end in the ‘90s but it has since risen like a phoenix from the ashes to be the Nut Tree Center, with over 90 stores, restaurants, and the famous Nut Tree railroad. All this to say that the Nut Tree Airport is perhaps the most nostalgic general aviation airport in the United States. Dustin Leno, A.A.E., who has recently come on as Airport Manager after a career that includes Napa, Big Bear, and San Luis Obispo Airports, recalls, “When I was 18 or 19 and just getting into flying, I remember flying to the Nut Tree. It has this wonderful sense of nostalgia. And perhaps because of this it also has this wonderful sense of community. It is so vibrant and active – everyone just loves being here.”