Business View Magazine June 2023

208 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 6 future. We are updating all of our facilities and working with our tenants and potential clients to offer what is most needed. And people are noticing. We are one of the top airports in the country and that fuels growth as well. People are taking notice – and we are responding with even more initiatives.” “This summer we will host the first airshow in Northern Alabama in more years than I can remember, and that too will be a great opportunity for people to see what we are all about. Moving forward we are going to expand each area on its own,” he notes. Fox continues, “We have a lot of domestic freight operations flying through our airport, and increasing our capacity in that regard will also bring growth. So that means creating a parallel taxiway to handle the volume. And a south taxiway and ramp are needed to open up that area for expansion. But we are planning on continuing to push in each direction which will in turn create jobs and help not only the immediate community but the entire region.” “This airport is an important economic growth engine for Northern Alabama, and we understand our role in the middle of that. And again, the exciting thing is that we are doing it. We have been preparing the master plan and charting a direction for a long time, but to see it all being executed is amazing,” he adds.