{"id":12973,"date":"2019-06-02T17:37:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T17:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12973"},"modified":"2019-06-02T17:37:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T17:37:31","slug":"colorado-governor-proclaims-june-as-general-aviation-appreciation-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/colorado\/colorado-governor-proclaims-june-as-general-aviation-appreciation-month\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Governor Proclaims June as General Aviation Appreciation Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Proclamation-GA-AppreciationMonth2019edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Proclamation-GA-AppreciationMonth2019edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12974\" width=\"294\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Proclamation-GA-AppreciationMonth2019edit.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Proclamation-GA-AppreciationMonth2019edit-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA) and the\nColorado Division of Aeronautics have announced the release of Governor Jared\nPolis\u2019s Proclamation declaring June 2019 to be General Aviation Appreciation\nMonth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Division of Aeronautics is excited to celebrate June,\n2019 as General Aviation Appreciation Month with all of those who are\npassionate and dedicated to maintaining and improving this essential mode of\ntransportation in Colorado,\u201d said David Ulane, Aeronautics Division\nDirector.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the ninth consecutive year, Colorado\u2019s Governor has\nhonored aviation as a vital pillar of the state\u2019s economy, supporting 256,700\njobs with a combined annual payroll of $12.6 billion.&nbsp; Seventy-four public use airports and 447\nheliports in Colorado together contribute $2.4 billion to Colorado\u2019s economy\nthrough numerous revenue sources including corporate and charter flights,\nprivate and business aircraft operations, aircraft maintenance and repair,\nflight instruction, and fuel sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe applaud Governor Polis for continuing to recognize the\nmany benefits and significant economic impact business and general aviation\nbring to Colorado,\u201d said Chris Swathwood, Chairman of CABA.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CABA and the Division of Aeronautics have worked closely\nover the past nine years to support and promote business and general aviation\nin Colorado. CABA and the Division of Aeronautics have partnered with schools\nand colleges with aviation programs. CABA offers scholarships through its\nFoundation to provide financial assistance for training in aviation careers,\nand has disbursed a total of over $65,000 in scholarships to 25 college and\nhigh school students over the past nine years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA) and the Colorado Division of Aeronautics have announced the release of Governor Jared Polis\u2019s Proclamation declaring June 2019 to be General Aviation Appreciation Month. \u201cThe Division of Aeronautics is excited to celebrate June, 2019 as General Aviation Appreciation Month with all of those who are passionate and dedicated to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colorado"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12975,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12973\/revisions\/12975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}