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n7hqk
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Location: Cedar City, Utah
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 Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:57 am Post subject: Small Airport economic impact |
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Thought I'd relate this story;
A local FBO at a small airport that is favored by gliders (BTW, Van has been spotted there several times!) attended a city council meeting where the fate of the airport was discussed and it was decided not to "Waste" any more money on airport maintence let alone finace upgrades out of city coffers. The FBO, being a very savy businessman, came up with an idea. He went to the local bank and ordered $4000 in $2 bills. When they arrived he, for the next month, used the $2 bills to make change for every transaction that he conducted at the field.
At the next city council meeting, he stood and asked how many businessmen (and women, I'm sure, to be PC) had gotten a large flux of $2 bills? Since this is a small town, most of the business owners were in attendence at the meeting and many heads bobbed up and down and a general grumbling was heard as $2 bills are a pain for small, cash oriented businesses because they have to be handled seperately from all other cash. The cash drawers don't have a place for them, etc... "Well", he said, "each one of those $2 bills came from the airport...." the topic changed as the businesses realized how much money their local aiport put into the local economy...
Oh, yeah, visit 1L9, Parowan UT sometime. They have a nice new taxiway, numerous new hangers, new paint on the runway, and a rather nice little campground on the strip, all built and maintained with local public $$$.... and don't forget to pick up a couple of $2 bills in your change when you fuel up!
ISA-USA Inc.
Industrial Strength Answers For Telecommunications Infrastructure
Ray D. Congdon
5515 N 4400 W
Cedar City, UT 84720 USA
www.isa-usa-inc.com
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jfogarty(at)tds.net
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:55 am Post subject: Small Airport economic impact |
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That's a great idea. Commerce at work and economic impact on the up swing.
Also, I like the cedit card idea that Terry McHenry has. I wonder if part of the transaction fee that the retailer pays for letting you use your credit card could be returned to the local business through a discount on his monthly statement, stating: "Thank your local Airport Commission - Commerce at work - AOPA and/or EAA" What does this group of rivet bangers think?
Jim Fogarty
RV9a Builder
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