Business View Magazine - Nov 2023

285 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 11 JEFFERSON COUNT Y AI RPARK aviation public airport. It brings in more than $11 million in revenue for the County, and airport-related businesses provide more than 60 jobs. Dating to 1948, it features a large base of general-aviation airplanes, as well as a transient corporate market that’s growing at a fairly rapid pace. As you might expect, the popular Franciscan University, just 10 miles away, serves to bring in a high volume of traffic. The addition of the Findlay Connector, which opened 17 years ago in western Pennsylvania as a toll-access highway between Pittsburgh International Airport at I-376 and US-22 in northwestern Washington County, cut the travel time between this major airport and the city of Steubenville to now less than half an hour. It’s a big economic boon to the region, and it also makes the Jefferson County Airpark look more attractive to potential new businesses. Steubenville, situated on the Ohio River, is a scant six miles from Pennsylvania. This HANGAR & DOOR EXPERTS START TO FINISH EXPERTISE Single-source for Design, Manufacturing, & On-Site Services 1957 2023 FULLY INTEGRATED HANGAR & DOOR SYSTEMS 800.274.0144 | FULFAB.COM EXPERIENCED | TIME-TESTED