Vision 2022 | Johnstown Airport Authority Looks to Expand Opportunities for Businesses to Take Flight

Shared from The Tribune Democrat newspaper.

By Randy Griffith
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| Feb 26, 2022

Checked baggage is loaded on to the United Express jet at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport.
 Checked baggage is loaded on to the United Express jet Sept. 3, 2021, at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport. The Transportation Security Administration began screening all baggage for explosives in December 2002. By Randy Griffith.

While continuing to explore new ways to increase already burgeoning ticket sales, the Johnstown-Cambria County Airport Authority has expanded efforts to bring new business and jobs to the airfield and surrounding area.

“Our job, as a board, is to create an environment in which a business developed can grow and flourish here at the airport,” authority Chairman Rick McQuaide said.

For much of the last half of 2021, the authority’s economic development team has spearheaded the creation of a Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone on 138 acres of airport property that includes parcels both inside the airfield fence and along Airport Road.

Read more of the original story at The Tribune Democrat news.

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