Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Danville airport requests $100,000 in local match, outlines festival plans
Summary
At a Danville City Commission special call meeting, airport board member Rob Cowell outlined a summer balloon festival, facility upgrades and a request for $100,000 in local matching funds to buy property and complete projects tied to FAA grants and hangar construction.
Rob Cowell, presenting for the Danville airport board, told the Danville City Commission on a special-call meeting that the airport is seeking local support to complete several projects and previewed a proposed balloon festival for August.
Cowell said the airport is planning a balloon event for Aug. 24 that drew an estimated “3 to 4,000 people” last year, and that volunteers and local partners have stepped forward to help organize the festival. “We have the balloons in order, and we have the parking folks in order,” Cowell said.
The airport’s formal budget request to the commission includes three local-match items for FAA-funded projects and an additional $100,000 total to acquire…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
