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Bonner County advisory board moves to release seven airport lease RFPs to boost hangar supply
Summary
The Bonner County Airport Advisory Board voted to release seven RFPs for leasable lots at Sandpoint and Priest River, aiming to create a pipeline of hangar space while phasing requests to keep review manageable. The board prioritized small‑hangar inventory for local pilots and agreed to delay lot 12 pending survey work.
The Bonner County Airport Advisory Board agreed April 3 to release seven requests for proposals for airport lot leases — four at Priest River and three at Sandpoint — as the county seeks to expand hangar availability for local pilots and prospective commercial operators.
Board members and staff debated whether to release all 11 available leasable lots at once or phase the RFPs to avoid overloading the advisory board’s review process. Dave (first name only in transcript), the county staff lead on airport leasing, proposed issuing two or three RFPs per meeting but said staff could release more if interest warranted. “If we release all the RFPs at once…that’s…
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