WILMINGTON, OH (FOX19) -
A
grand opening was celebrated Thursday at the Wilmington Air Park in
Wilmington for a new hangar that will employ more than 200 workers.
Airborne
Maintenance & Engineering Services, which is already a tenant at
the air park, is leasing the facility. The company occupies more than
200,000 square feet at the air park. Airborne Maintenance and the air
park said the addition will increase the company's space at the park by
almost 50 percent.
John Minor, president and chief investment
officer of JobsOhio, said the expansion by Airborne Maintenance will
bring 259 highly-skilled workers to the air park. He said JobsOhio
believes the facility is a significant attraction asset for other
aviation and logistics companies.
The hangar is 105,000 square
feet with a 90-foot high ceiling. The company and the air park said
airframes as large as a Boeing 777 or other class IV aircraft can be
accommodated in the hangar bays.
At the end of a three-year period, it is expected that Airborne Maintenance will employ more than 640 workers at the air park.
JobsOhio,
working with local and regional partners, produced a nearly $14.6
million financing package for the hangar. The Clinton County Port
Authority gave additional financial incentives and donations totaling
more than $2.7 million.
Grants from the city of Wilmington, Clinton County and the Community Improvement Corp. of Wilmington totaled $525,000.
The
port authority owns and manages the air park that's 1,900 acres. The
air park has two parallel commercial runways and nearly 3 million square
feet of building space.
Story and photo: http://www.fox19.com
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