facility; we are ready for business.” One crucial development at the airport that helped it better reach its potential is the addition of Advanced ATC, an air traffic control academy. With their arrival, they built a control tower that is advantageous for the airport’s future. “I have now controlled airspace five miles around up to 2,500 feet.” “There are a lot of companies that won’t come into an airfield base because of insurance requirements unless there is a control tower,” he adds. Corrigan mentions that air traffic controllers are now trained on the airport grounds.The air traffic control “If a business wants to move in I do have 41,000 square foot or 28,000 square foot hangars resale,” he states. “I am not going to, however, lease a hangar to a company with five employees but rather bring in a business that is labor intensive so again we can have the biggest bang for our buck,” he continues. “I know that it is important to bring business here and to hire locally. That is also one of our goals- I keep polishing the diamond.” “We have a full-time grant writer and now have about $8.7 million that have either come through or are on the way here for improvements to this 174 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 12, ISSUE 07
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