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Leesburg hires consultants to scope West Side strategic plan; state shows interest in unmanned systems
Summary
Delta Airport Consultants outlined a three-part strategic, business and marketing plan focused on roughly 44 acres on the airport's West Side; state economic-development officials signaled strong interest in unmanned systems and aerospace users, and commissioners debated whether to broaden scope to include other parcels.
Delta Airport Consultants briefed the Leesburg Airport Commission on Aug. 27 about a proposed West Side strategic plan that would produce three deliverables: a strategic development plan, a business (financial) plan and a marketing plan to attract aviation businesses to roughly 44 acres of undeveloped airport property.
Mary Ashburn Pearson, Delta’s local project lead, told commissioners the scope is flexible and can be tailored to the commission’s priorities. John Sorge (Delta), the project manager assigned to Leesburg, said the work would combine demand analysis, engineering constraints and financial modeling — Delta would partner with Davenport & Company for the financial analysis — and that the study could take about a year depending on the final scope.
Sorge said the plan would reassess assumptions in the airport’s current master plan and…
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