{"id":23965,"date":"2022-11-14T19:29:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=23965"},"modified":"2022-11-14T19:29:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:29:28","slug":"colorado-governor-and-burrell-aviation-announced-110-million-investment-for-cos-airport-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/colorado\/colorado-governor-and-burrell-aviation-announced-110-million-investment-for-cos-airport-project\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Governor and Burrell Aviation Announced $110 Million Investment for COS Airport Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Governor Jared Polis and Burrell Aviation announced on\nThursday that Burrell Aviation intends to construct multiple facilities on a\n65-acre parcel at the Colorado Springs Airport (COS) to expand the airport&#8217;s\nnon-passenger business lines, including facilities for air cargo handling,\naircraft maintenance and testing, cold storage, warehouse\/distribution, and\nintegrated logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burrell-Aviaton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23966\" width=\"322\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burrell-Aviaton.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burrell-Aviaton-300x74.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><figcaption><em>Burrell Aviation &#8211; Capital Investment in Next-Generation Supply Chain Infrastructure<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This project is the result of a collaborative effort\nbetween COS and Burrell Aviation to create a public-private partnership that\nwill facilitate significant economic development, new job creation and the\nexpansion of airport infrastructure in the State of Colorado. We are excited to\nwork with the COS team to achieve these objectives,&#8221; said Dan Burrell,\nFounder and Executive Chairman of The Burrell Group, speaking for Burrell\nAviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burrell is looking to invest up to $110 million in private\nsector capital to develop next-generation infrastructure expected to attract up\nto 1,700 new jobs for El Paso County. Burrell Aviation will be working closely\nwith the airport and both state and local economic development groups to\nidentify, attract and accommodate new interest to Colorado Springs Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Colorado Springs Airport is an economic driver for\nour regional and state economies and this capital investment will make it even\nmore competitive,&#8221; said Governor Polis. &#8220;New investment in\nmodernized, sustainable facilities will serve to enhance the integrity of our\nregional supply chain to which our population is reliant upon and help improve\nthe environment in which we all live.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are appreciative of the interest Burrell Aviation\nhas shown in the City of Colorado Springs and our airport,&#8221; said Colorado\nSprings Mayor John Suthers. &#8220;We look forward to working with them to reach\nagreements that would provide for new development and achieve our long-term\nplans and objectives for our airport and community.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Jared Polis and Burrell Aviation announced on Thursday that Burrell Aviation intends to construct multiple facilities on a 65-acre parcel at the Colorado Springs Airport (COS) to expand the airport&#8217;s non-passenger business lines, including facilities for air cargo handling, aircraft maintenance and testing, cold storage, warehouse\/distribution, and integrated logistics. &#8220;This project is the result [&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":[33,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airports","category-colorado"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23965","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=23965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23967,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23965\/revisions\/23967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}