Business View Magazine | Volume 9, Issue 1

188 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 1 Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport’s main role is to keep the community connected to the rest of the country. It’s an economic lifeline for many companies in the area who operate all over the world. Once a year, the management at the airport opens the facility up to the community with walk-throughs to showcase the planes. They also invite car and motorbike clubs to do meet-ups at the airfield. In addition, they invite the local schools and preschools to participate in guided tours of the FBO buildings and the terminal. Chatfield elaborates, “We also allow them to meet TSA, our partners, rental car staff, airline crew, firefighters, and the FBO sends their mechanics.” The tour showcases all the facilities at the airport, which includes the fire trucks. These extensive tours are done to entice children into a career of aviation. Also stationed at the airport is the Civil Air Patrol. They are involved with the Young Eagles and this group is very active. The push to get more children involved is crucial, as the entire aviation field is looking for new talent, which doesn’t just include pilots, but also mechanics, support, ground staff, marshals, and many more related occupations. As for infrastructure projects, in the last two years, GCC connected itself to a fiber connection, which has helped with internet speeds. On the water management front, they are planning to sink their own water wells in 2022. This will see them connecting to the new regional water supply and building out their own sewer lagoon. By tapping into the local water supply they can get access to it any time they need, and for future projects on the site. All these initiatives are being undertaken to accommodate new growth at the airport. In the next budget, management will be discussing the need for an all new HPAC system in the terminal and HEPA filters to help combat any type of pathogen. This includes a new pumping system for water supply and a