what to do be done with the many assets that were left,” Chris Olson, President of the Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation, relays. “We now have 24 buildings that range from 5000 square feet to 77,000 square feet so these are tremendous assets and we continuously find areas of business that can be conducted out here for economic development,” Olson adds. In 1984 the airport was turned over to the EDC to manage and operate, and as Olson accurately points out, “There are not a whole lot of situations like that where you have an economic development corporation that oversees an airport operation; so we are very unique.” “I think it is a great combination because with the connectivity to the Sault, we have some fairly large infrastructure projects like the Sault Locks which represents a $3 billion infrastructure project and we have connectivity with the major hubs of Detroit and Minneapolis,” Olson elaborates. The airport is also home to a major car manufacturer that has operated out of its facilities for decades 123 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 12, ISSUE 01 CHIPPEWA COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
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