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Gadsden Airport Authority, GAA business; no talk of property sale
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The Gadsden Times
If you think the sale of Gadsden Airport Authority property to Pilgrim’s Pride for an animal parts rendering plant is a can of “worms,” I think there are financial questions regarding the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport that could make that controversy look mild in comparison.
The rendering plant controversy should be the catalyst for a renewed request to the State of Alabama for a forensic financial audit of the books of the Gadsden airport, dating back to the $6 million bond issue in 2003. That audit is the subject for a future commentary.
Pilgrim’s Pride has offered to buy or lease 88 acres of Gadsden airport property to build the rendering plant. The company has offered the GAA $1.1 million as an outright purchase, or would take out a 30-year lease at $55,000 annually.
The Northeast Alabama Regional Airport is dying from “benign neglect.” The Pilgrim’s Pride animal parts rendering plant issue has only highlighted this neglect.
The Gadsden airport could be one of the cornerstones of economic development if only someone in city government could see the benefit of this potential jewel. The whole local economic development team has been asleep at the switch.
One of the first conversations I ever had with the mayor was at the Gadsden Country Club. We were talking about nothing in particular when I remembered an announcement in The Gadsden Times about building a new hangar at the airport. I asked why the airport was building a new hangar when so many were empty? His response was, “I don’t have anything to do with that out there.”
Congressman Aderholt speaks out regarding proposed rendering plant Share Updated: 7:18 PM CDT Jul 7, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 7:18 PM CDT Jul 7, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital U.S. Representative Robert Aderholt (R-Alabama) has shared his thoughts regarding a proposal in Etowah County.The congressman is sending a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding a rendering plant being proposed for the property at the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport, stated a news release.“I have become convinced this proposed rendering plant does not have the community support of the people who live or work near the proposed site,” said Congressman Aderholt. “Therefore, this letter to the FAA is my recommendation that in considering any plans to grant a permit for construction on the airport property, the FAA know all the facts, and the lack of community
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