{"id":23118,"date":"2022-08-10T17:29:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T17:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=23118"},"modified":"2022-08-10T17:29:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T17:29:13","slug":"coastal-carolina-regional-airport-wins-major-dot-grant-to-help-expand-air-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/coastal-carolina-regional-airport-wins-major-dot-grant-to-help-expand-air-service\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Coastal Carolina Regional Airport Wins Major DOT Grant to Help Expand Air Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyewn.com\/\">Coastal Carolina Regional Airport<\/a> (EWN) has announced that it has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Small Community Air Service Development Program. EWN is one of 25 communities nationwide to receive a grant this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DOT\u2019s grant makes $776,000 available to EWN and the\nmatching contributions from state and local sources bring the total funding\navailable to $1.4 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The funding will be used to recruit additional airline\nservice from a travel hub in the Northeast. The expanded air service will\nbenefit multiple sectors of the local economy, including the tourism industry\nalong the coast including North Carolina\u2019s Outer Banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airport received important community funding commitments\nfrom state and local sources, with significant contributions from Craven County\nand the Craven 100 Alliance. \u201cThis is yet another powerful example of partners\nfrom both the public and private sectors in the region coming together to\nimprove transportation, commerce and quality of life in eastern North\nCarolina,\u201d said Airport Director Andrew Shorter. \u201cThe commitment that EWN\nreceived from our community leaders and strategic partners made a significant\nimpact in being chosen as a recipient of the grant this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was so pleased to write a letter of support on behalf of\nNew Bern, and it\u2019s great to see USDOT deliver for our rural community,\u201d said\nRep. Greg Murphy, M.D. \u201cThis unique grant will allow New Bern to develop its\nown solutions tailored to its individual needs with a community-centered\napproach to infrastructure development. I\u2019m confident that this grant award\nwill expand travel capabilities for our residents along the coast and boost our\neconomy. A great win for Eastern North Carolina!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Coastal Carolina Regional Airport on\nthis grant that will create jobs and bring millions of dollars in economic\nactivity to Craven County and the surrounding area,\u201d said Senator Thom Tillis.\n\u201cI was proud to advocate for this award to Secretary Buttigieg, and I look\nforward to welcoming thousands of new passengers to Eastern North Carolina in\nthe near future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a highly competitive process with the USDOT\nreceiving applications from communities in 30 states seeking more than $33\nmillion. EWN was one of only two airports in North Carolina to be awarded a\ngrant and received the largest allocation in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAir service development IS economic development,\u201d said Jeff\nWood, Craven County Economic Development Director. \u201cBased on our positive\nexperience with the recent seasonal Washington, D.C. route, EWN can confidently\napproach airlines with an invitation to include us in their business plans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EWN will now begin working with potential new airline\npartners to develop new routes to maximize the value of the grant incentives\nand to determine critical path timelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) has announced that it has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Small Community Air Service Development Program. EWN is one of 25 communities nationwide to receive a grant this year. The DOT\u2019s grant makes $776,000 available to EWN and the matching contributions from state and local [&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":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23118","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=23118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23119,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23118\/revisions\/23119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}