Business View Magazine | September 2020

169 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 to perform aircraft rescue firefighting duties for airports of all indexes. Looking ahead, Bondurant references the Airport’s 2017 Master Plan, which developed a three-phase Capital Improvement Program that goes through 2030. “We have a lot of projects that we identified during the process,” she explains. “We could potentially be doing a total runway rehab project in about four years; the last time we did it was in 2007. We have a beautiful float plane facility; we’d like to get a taxiway from the main grooved runway over to the water runway, so we can get some leased lots in there and open up that float plane basin.” But, undoubtedly, the Airport’s terminal project has been its overriding priority for the last two years. “It was originally built in 1966,” Bondurant explains, “with a couple of re-models in the ‘80s; flooring and carpet in 2001. So, a very much- needed project kicked off in October 2018. We met with our tenants and stakeholders, and looked at what our needs were. A lot of it you KENA I MUNI C I PAL A I RPORT