Yde/Kalispell City AirportHello Council, I have been associated with the supporters of Kalispell City Airport since the late eighties, and have spoken at council meetings and written letters to the editor.
My main point is that Kalispell City Airport has always been a wonderful neighbor:
1. Nuturing soccer and softball teams and their eventual movement to other sites. 2. Mostly not noticing, or, at least, forgiving the odors which, daily, emanate from the Waste Treatment
Plant. 3. Trying its best to alter aircraft patterns for noise abatement, when receiving complaints from others, who later moved into the airport neighborhood. 4. Dealing with and improving,
sometimes soggy ground. 5. Maintaining an enviable safety record. 6. Supporting local businesses, already on, or near, the site and drawing in more business enterprises to Kalispell
(Hilton Garden Inn, flying vacationers, helicopter support and flight instruction, etc.)
We can only wish that all of our neighbors were able to support themselves(Enterprise Fund), and even give something back. If someone offers employment opportunities for others, supports
themselves, does public service (Young Eagles, Emergency Medical support, etc.) they are a valuable assets and good neighbors.
I hope the council recognizes my main point and will act on all of the other reasons for maintaining and improving Kalispell Airport, rather than "run it out of town."
Thank you for thinking about this, Lorraine
Lorraine Yde
Realtor
Windermere Lakeside-Kalispell
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