Aviation View | Volume 1, Issue 2

188 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 army for business development. “One of the main lessons learned from the time during COVID-19 is that if we had all our eggs in one basket, there would have been a real problem at the airport,” says Wilson. “So we’d like to develop about 15 to 20 acres of land from the Army that faces the highway into new developments like a hotel, shopping center, restaurants, and establishments of that nature to diversify our revenue sources.” Another challenge that the airport would like to overcome is to educate the surrounding community that the airport is not just for military services but also for public use. “We want to get the word out that we service the entire community,” says Jarrod Provost, Airport Operations Manager. “We are a competitive airport and want to draw in more clients from surrounding aviation establishments.” This outreach into the surrounding community has meant that management is taking more active