Business View Magazine | December 2018

196 197 start delivering medical supplies, and groceries, and they’re even going to start hauling people around,” he avers. “In the state of Utah, the folks in economic development really want that drone activity; they want to be in the forefront of that. And the way aviation’s going and I think the most valuable two miles of asphalt in any community, especially our community, is that runway.” All in all, Valgardson is optimistic about Cedar City Regional Airport’s future. “The City is growing very fast; the population is growing; the Airport is growing like crazy.We’ve got 80,000 annual operations which puts us as the third busiest air- port in the state of Utah as far as operations go,” he states. “We’ve got an extremely active flight school, and our business traffic is really picking up.We’re starting to see a lot more corporate jet operations – about five to six a day.We’ve got a strong FBO; we’ve got a very tight knit GA com- munity that recognizes the value of this Airport; and the City realizes the value of this Airport. I may be biased, but we’ve got a very nice airport.” CEDAR CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT PREFERRED VENDOR n Cedar City-Brian Head Tourism Bureau www.visitcedarcity.com    Cedar City is a cool mountain town with world class cultural at- tractions in astonishing proximity to the southwest Utah’s famous National Parks.  Cedar City is also known as “Festival City, USA” with a plethora of events like music festivals, bike races and the Tony Award winning Utah Shakespeare Festival.    Historic Down- town is quaint with local shops, winery, brewery and the Southern Utah Museum of Art; while paved trails weave the perimeter of town for mountain biking, hiking and OHV riding. Find out more at visitcedarcity.com or call 435-586-5124.