Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 12

173 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 12 GRANT COUNTY REGIONAL A I RPORT “There are so many ways that the airport contributes to the community,” Walker chimes in, “and we work with the Grant County Chamber of Commerce, not only in terms of promotion, but even in the simple day-to-day stuff like space to meet, and borrowing a PA System. We work well together because they also see that the airport is an asset to our community.” Another community activity that happens yearly is a fly-in and breakfast involving Air Search and Rescue. The airport invites all the students from grades one through 12 and Air Search volunteer pilots take them for a 10–15-minute flight to see the local area. Breakfast is also offered from a local restaurant to keep the crowd fed. Through all of this, Grant County Regional Airport seeks to connect to the everyday lives of everyone it can. “Over the next few years we just want to improve everything we are doing,” Walker Courtesy of Straw to Gold