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GoLocalProv | Legislation to Rename Airport Rhode Island T F Green International Airport Passes

The bills are starting to move at the Rhode Island General Assembly. This year’s session is seeing a significant number of bills moving forward and avoiding the last minute, end of the session crunch of previous years.

Bill To Rename T F Green Airport Heads to McKee s Desk

Reply The state airport will be called “Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport” if Gov. Dan McKee signs legislation passed by the General Assembly. (Rachel Nunes/Patch) PROVIDENCE, RI The General Assembly has passed legislation introduced by Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey (D-Dist. 29, Warwick) and House Speaker Pro Tempore Brian Patrick Kennedy (D-Dist. 38, Hopkinton, Westerly) that would rename the state airport Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. Airport executives had promoted the name change as a way to boost awareness of Rhode Island s main airport to travelers and to reflect the changing complexion of the airport while continuing to honor the memory of Theodore Francis Green, proponents said in a news release. Green was the 57th governor of Rhode Island and a member of the U.S. Senate from 1937 to 1959.

Rhode Island General Assembly OKs legislation to rename airport Rhode Island T F Green International Airport

2021-H 6051) introduced by Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey (D-Dist. 29, Warwick) and House Speaker Pro Tempore Brian Patrick Kennedy (D-Dist. 38, Hopkinton, Westerly) that would rename the state airport “Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport.” “The airport is an economic engine for Warwick and Rhode Island and this opportunity to raise the airport’s brand awareness could attract even more domestic and international travelers to the Ocean State,” said Senate Majority Leader McCaffrey. “More passengers means more dollars spent at Warwick and Rhode Island businesses.” The change has been touted by airport executives as a way to increase awareness of Rhode Island’s main airport to domestic and international travelers and more accurately reflect the changing complexion of the airport while continuing to honor the memory of T.F. Green.

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