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Marathon County committee backs $150,000 request to seed regional air‑service development fund
Summary
The committee voted to include $150,000 in the 2026 budget to help seed a $500,000 Central Wisconsin Air Service Development Fund intended to provide minimum revenue guarantees and other start‑up incentives for new or expanded commercial airline service at Central Wisconsin Airport.
The committee voted to advance a request that Marathon County include $150,000 in its 2026 budget to help seed a Central Wisconsin Air Service Development Fund intended to attract new or expanded airline service to Central Wisconsin Airport.
The airport’s assistant finance director, David Drozd, told the committee the airport and regional partners seek a total fund of roughly $500,000; Marathon County’s $150,000 would be matched proportionally by Portage County and local private fundraising. Drozd said the fund would be used primarily as a temporary “minimum revenue guarantee” (MRG) to reduce startup risk for carriers and could be paired with airport-offered…
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