Neptune Aviation lands $2M state grant for hangar acquisition, job creation
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Neptune Aviation will receive a $2 million loan from the Infrastructure Loan Program to acquire two aircraft hangars at Missoula International Airport formerly owned by Homestead Helicopters. The aerial firefighting company plans to create 120 jobs through the state loan program.
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MISSOULA â The Missoula County Airport Authority this week approved a $2 million state loan for Neptune Aviation to fund the purchase of two aircraft hangars and the creation of dozens of new jobs.
Neptune, a national aerial firefighting company based at Missoula International Airport, purchased the hangars last September from Homestead Helicopters. The hangars provide nearly 30,000 square feet of aircraft storage space, along with offices and other furnishings.
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Passing of Neptune Aviation founder Timmons leaves aerial firefighting legacy
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A pair of BAe-146 airtankers sit in the hangar at Neptune Aviation at the Missoula International Airport. The companyâs founder, Marta Timmons, helped lead the transition from the old Neptune P2vs to the modern fleet of aircraft, and also revolutionized the nationâs aerial firefighting industry.
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MISSOULA â When Jennifer Draughon thinks of her former boss and the founder of Neptune Aviation, words like leadership and mentor come to mind. When she considers how Marta Timmons helped revolutionize the once-fragmented aerial firefighting industry, she uses the word visionary.
Montana Food Bank Network Needs a New Temporary Space
I remember chatting with someone and they mentioned the food bank in the middle of our conversation. I nodded my head like I knew exactly what they were talking about - but as it turned out, I didn t. And that my friends, is the day I realized the Missoula Food Bank wasn t the only one in town. Hey, you don t know until you know, and I would guess somebody is reading this right now and saying wait...there s more than one?
The Montana Food Bank Network is a statewide food bank (the only one) and they distribute food all over Montana. Their website says we partner with neighborhood food banks, community pantries, social organizations, homeless shelters, schools, and hundreds of other organizations that are all working together to end hunger in Montana.
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