Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 11

277 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 11 have continued to come out and spend time at the airport or go flying.” Over the next three to five years Skoglund hopes to see a lot of continued infrastructure work at the airport. She reports, “We have been recipients of about $20 million in federal funding through the FAA’s Coronavirus Airport Response Grant Program and ARPA. That is going to help us get more projects done than we normally would have under our normal airport improvement program or discretionary monies. This will be a huge boost to the airport and allow us to rehabilitate more and more parts of the airport, including some of our older hangars and more of the terminal. There are also the necessary but less fun upgrades like sewer and water that we will be putting through. We hope that we will come out of this in a much stronger position, so that we will be looking at even more projects and development in order to encourage further growth.” The other thing that Skoglund would really like to work on is continued growth and visibility. She acknowledges, “There are a large number of people moving into our community, and some of them will be moving here with aircraft, others will perhaps develop of love of aviation. But we are going to need to be building hangars and increasing our commercial air service. We don’t want to lose any opportunities and we want to be a place that delivers the service that people are looking for. There is so much growth potential.” Find the perfect blend of wine, culture, and beauty in Walla Walla, named America’s Best Wine Region by USA Today two years running. With the convenience of Walla Walla Regional Airport, it’s never been easier to escape the everyday and discover the extraordinary. Explore it all at the new WallaWalla.org Fly fromWalla Walla and check your first case of wine for free! Inside & Out Waterbrook Winery DAMA Wines WALLA WALLA REGIONAL A I RPORT