Looking ahead Cuevas points to other items on the masterplan wishlist. “We may possibly have a drone testing facility or vertiport, or multiple helipads. And then there is a long strip of the pad on the very east end of the airport that we are looking at for aviation, commercial, and industrial development. The airport is in talks with different individuals currently to potentially develop this area which is “going very well” and this remains an exciting prospect for the airport. “It will integrate into this plan completely and not change anything that we already have planned. It just works with it and goes together very well.” PROMOTING A PRODUCTIVE ROUTE AHEAD As part of the airport’s efforts to serve as a key economic driver for the city and the surrounding region, Cuevas is aligning her efforts with a citywide marketing strategy to promote Mineral Wells as a key destination. “I am now under economic development as the airport department and I think that shows where 65 AVIATION VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 05, ISSUE 02 MINERAL WELLS REGIONAL AIRPORT
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