Business View Magazine | September 2020

170 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 don’t see—mechanical, electrical. We’re in the final stages of closing it out.” The terminal serves over 100,000 enplanements each year. The $12.5 million price tag was paid for mostly by the FAA, with the City of Kenai kicking in $1.5 million. The only material change to the footprint of the terminal was moving the east wall out about seven feet, which gave the airlines more space for baggage processing. The building got a new roof, siding and flooring, and additional windows. Business tenants, like the rental car agencies have new offices, and there is additional space for more tenants. The restaurant space, which is currently occupied by Brothers Café, and the lounge, operated by the Upper Deck, also got updates. When the north section of the terminal near the ticket desks was renovated, the longtime, public lands display had to come out. The public land agencies in the peninsula area, headed up by the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, teamed up to refresh it, and the result is a floor-to- ceiling set of informational panels with dozens of images that highlight the Refuge, as well as Katmai National Park, Lake Clark National Park, and the Kenai Fjords National Park. In the center is a huge map extending away from Kenai to Lake Iliamna, Lake Clark, and down to the Outer