Business View Magazine | July 2022

198 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 7 to the airport. One is Light Sport America, manufacturers of the “Storm” line of Light Sport Aircraft, which has recently been offered a military contract, and the other interested party is an offshore energy company. Mason has a saying he likes to use to remind his staff that they constantly need to be improving: “Rome wasn’t built in a day – but there was building going on every day.” Such is the case at Bay City Regional Airport. Smaller projects are ongoing. For example, they are adding 10- 12 new parking spaces to the lot in the next couple of months, expanding the long-term parking availability. There is also talk of electric vehicle chargers, and Light Sport is bringing in a charging station on their part of the facility. Almost every light on the runway and taxiway, including obstruction and marking lights, have been converted to solar LED. That project cost around $20,000 but will save an incredible amount of money by taking them off the grid. The MCEDC is focused on growing Matagorda County through recruitment of new industries, commercial businesses, tourism infrastructure and through expansion of existing businesses. It seeks to expand our agriculture and aqua- culture sectors through new crops for renewable fuel production and value- added opportunities. 1112 7th Street, Bay City, Texas 77414 979.245.8913 www.mcedc.net A Natural Environment for Business