{"id":23036,"date":"2022-08-06T13:35:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T13:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=23036"},"modified":"2022-08-06T13:38:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T13:38:35","slug":"u-s-department-of-transportation-announces-16-9-million-in-grants-to-help-small-communities-improve-air-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/u-s-department-of-transportation-announces-16-9-million-in-grants-to-help-small-communities-improve-air-service\/%20","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $16.9 Million in Grants to Help Small Communities Improve Air Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that it will award $16.9 million from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/policy\/aviation-policy\/small-community-rural-air-service\/SCASDP\">Small Community Air Service Development Program<\/a> to help 25 communities in 20 states develop their own solutions to local air service needs. These federal grants assist small communities across the country with maintaining and building air service options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn so many of our nation\u2019s smaller communities, local air\nservice is crucial to residents\u2019 lives and livelihoods,\u201d said U.S.\nTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. \u201cWe&#8217;re proud to award these grants to\nhelp strengthen local air service in 25 smaller communities and help Americans\nacross the country get to where they need to go more efficiently and\naffordably.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the inception of the program, DOT has issued more than\n400 grants, helping communities develop projects tailored to their own air\nservice needs. Grants are used to provide financial incentives to carriers,\nconduct studies on the possibilities of expanded service, and carry out\nmarketing programs to promote existing local service, as well as address other\nchallenges small communities and their airports may experience. The financial\nassistance helps communities establish first air services, restore lost\nservice, and provides support to establish new routes to improve connectivity\nand allow people in the community to fly more easily and affordably. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 25 communities receiving grant awards this year are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Community&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Federal Funding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gulf\nShores&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $500,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Montgomery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $300,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bentonville&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $500,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fort Smith&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $855,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Arcata&nbsp;&nbsp;                $850,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eagle\ncounty&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $1,000,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tweed-New\nHaven&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $800,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Daytona\nBeach&nbsp; $500,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Champaign&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $850,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rochester&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $850,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Branson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $500,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Natchez&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $750,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Great Falls&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $700,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NC&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; New Bern&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $776,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NC&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wilmington&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $600,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ND&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Williston&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $500,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Salem&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;                $850,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SC&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hilton\nHead&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $250,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SD&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rapid City&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $1,000,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TX&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Corpus\nChristi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $750,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TX&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Laredo&nbsp;               $250,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TX&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; McAllen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $750,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Port of\nPasco&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $750,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WI&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mosinee&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $900,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Charleston&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $600,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Total&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $16,931,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department received 48 applications from 30 states,\nrequesting a total of more than $33 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The selected communities are contributing financial\nresources to supplement the federal support, reflecting a commitment that is\nimportant to the potential success of the proposed initiatives. Nearly all of\nthe communities have established robust public-private partnerships to enhance\ncommunity participation and facilitate access to air services, provided a\nspecific plan and timetable for using their grant funds in a timely manner, and\nmany have provided letters of support from interested air carriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete community proposals and the Department\u2019s final\norder are available at www.regulations.gov, docket DOT-OST-2022-0003.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that it will award $16.9 million from the Small Community Air Service Development Program to help 25 communities in 20 states develop their own solutions to local air service needs. These federal grants assist small communities across the country with maintaining and building air service options. \u201cIn so [&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":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23036","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=23036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23040,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23036\/revisions\/23040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}