Order 2012-8-14 

Served: August 14, 2012 

 

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Issued by the Department of Transportation 

on the 14th day of August, 2012 

In the Matter of the 

 SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE 

 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 

under 49 U.S.C. 41743 et seq.

DOCKET DOT-OST-2012-0069

ORDER AWARDING GRANTS 

Summary 

By this order, the Department awards 33 grants benefitting 34 communities in 25 

states/territories to receive financial grants under the Small Community Air Service 

Development Program (Small Community Program) to implement the air service initiatives 

proposed in their grant applications. The communities, the amount of each award, and the 

rationale for each award are listed in the Appendix to this Order. Award recipients must affirm 

their grant awards by entering into grant agreements with the Department on or before August 

31, 2012. Award recipients may not seek to be reimbursed funds under the Small Community 

Program until they affirm their grant awards. 

Background 

The Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21), Pub. 

L. No. 106-181 (April 5, 2002), established a new pilot program, to be administered by the 

Department of Transportation, designed to help smaller communities enhance their air service 

and address issues related to high airfares.1 AIR-21 authorized the Small Community Program 

through FY 2003. Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (Vision 100), Pub. L. 

No. 108 (December 12, 2003), amended the program, reauthorized it through FY 2008, and 

eliminated the “pilot” status of the program. Appropriations are provided for this program for 

award in FY 2012 pursuant to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, Pub. L. No. 

 

1 See Orders 2002-6-14 and 2003-9-14 for a complete description of the history of the Small Community Program. 
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112-95 (February 14, 2012). The Department has up to $14 million available for FY 2012 grant 

awards to carry out this program. 

When selecting applicants to participate in the Small Community Program, the Department is 

statutorily required to apply the following eligibility criteria: 

1. As of calendar year 1997, the airport serving the community was not larger than a small 

hub airport, and had insufficient air carrier service or had unreasonably high air fares; 

2. The airport presents characteristics, such as geographic diversity or unique circumstances 

that demonstrate the need for, and feasibility of, the Small Community Program; 

3. No more than 4 communities or consortia of communities, or a combination thereof, from 

the same state may be selected to participate in the program in any fiscal year; 

4. No more than 40 communities or consortia of communities, or a combination thereof, may 

be selected to participate in the program in each year for which the funds are appropriated; 

5. An applicant may not receive an additional grant to support the same project;2

6. An applicant may not receive an additional grant prior to the completion of its previous 

grant.3 

In addition, the law directs the Department to give priority to those communities or consortia of 

communities4 where: a) air fares are higher than the average air fares for all communities; b) a 

portion of the cost of the activity contemplated by the community is provided from local, nonairport revenue sources; c) a public-private partnership has been or will be established to 

facilitate air carrier service to the public; d) improved service will bring the material benefits of 

scheduled air transportation to a broad section of the traveling public, including businesses, 

educational institutions, and other enterprises whose access to the national air transportation 

system is limited; e) the funds will be used in a timely manner;5 and f) multiple communities 

cooperate to submit a regional or multistate application to consolidate air service into one 

regional airport.6

The Department is authorized to award grants to communities that seek to provide assistance to:

 An air carrier to subsidize service to and from an underserved airport for a period not to 

exceed 3 years; 

 An underserved airport to obtain service to and from the underserved airport; and/or 

 An underserved airport to implement such other measures to improve air service both in 

terms of the cost of such service to consumers and the availability of such service, 

including improving air service through marketing and promotion of air service and 

 

2 However, as stated in our Request for Proposals (Order 2012-5-8), previous grant recipients could submit grant 

proposals and seek funds for new projects. See Order 2012-5-8 for a discussion on same projects. 

3 49 U.S.C. § 41743(c). 

4 A consortium of communities is defined as a single entity. 49 U.S.C. § 41743. 

5 49 U.S.C. § 41743(c)(5). 

6 This is a new statutory priority criterion, added pursuant to Section 429 of the FAA Modernization and Reform 

Act of 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-95 (February 14, 2012). 
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enhanced utilization of airport facilities.7

On May 9, 2012, the Department issued an Order Soliciting Small Community Grant Proposals 

(Solicitation Order) from communities interested in receiving a grant this year, and requested 

that such proposals be filed no later than June 11, 2012 (Order 2012-5-8). The Solicitation Order 

required each applicant to submit a completed Standard Form 424, a cover sheet, and a Summary 

Information schedule to www.grants.gov. Communities were requested to provide information 

that would help in consideration of their grant requests, including details about their existing air 

services, historical services, current service needs and deficiencies, a full description of the 

community’s proposal, plans for implementation, funding requirements, and plans for 

monitoring the success of the project, including modifying or discontinuing funding if the project 

is not meeting expectations. 

Drawing on our experience from previous years, the Solicitation Order clarified various issues 

relating to the grant application process, including the sources of local funding, the consideration 

of in-kind contributions, the use of grant funds, and the eligibility to participate by past grant 

recipients and communities now receiving subsidized air service under the Essential Air Service 

(EAS) program. The Solicitation Order further emphasized that communities would be expected 

to meet the financial-contribution commitments that they include in their proposals. 

2012 Grant Applications 

In response to the Solicitation Order, we received 61 grant applications from communities in 32 

states. Collectively, these communities sought over $27 million in federal assistance to support 

new and ongoing air service development projects. Most of the applications were filed by 

individual communities, with a few filed by consortia of communities. Of the 61 applications, 

eight (8) applications were from communities with small-hub airports and six (6) were from 

communities now receiving subsidized air service under the Department’s EAS program. 

Twenty-five (25) applications were submitted by communities that received grants in previous 

years. As required, all applicants provided information on historical and current air service and 

airfare issues facing their communities, the economic benefits of air service, proposed initiatives 

to remedy air service or airfare problems, and arguments in support of their proposals. Nearly all 

the communities pledged local contributions – funds collected from local, state, airport, or inkind sources – to complement their requests for federal assistance. 

As in previous years, this year’s applications included proposals for feasibility studies, new or 

expanded service initiatives, service upgrades, and assorted combinations thereof. Many 

applicants cited both service deficiencies and/or high airfares as problems affecting patronage of 

their air services, and they stated that passengers often drive to other, more distant airports that 

have lower fares or offer a wider range of services to more destinations. Despite these “leakage” 

issues, the communities seeking funds believe that demand for improved service at their local 

airports can be stimulated with financial assistance. 

The large majority of applicants specified the need to attract new and/or additional air services to 

their communities. Similar to previous years, a majority of applicants also proposed to 

 

7 49 U.S.C. § 41743(d). 
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implement their projects using revenue guarantees or subsidies, together with a variety of 

marketing and promotional initiatives. A critical component of most proposals was funding to 

support community-based marketing and promotional initiatives to stimulate demand and 

community awareness of local airport services. These efforts are directed at publicizing not only 

the availability of air services, but also the convenience of using the local airport compared to 

more congested air service hubs or other, larger, nearby airports. 

This year, several applications either did not meet the basic eligibility criteria for participation 

outlined above and were determined ineligible for consideration, or the application itself was 

deemed incomplete and was not considered. Of these applications, most were found ineligible 

because the applicant sought additional funding for the same, or essentially the same, project that 

was funded in a previous grant.

2012 Grant Awards 

The Small Community Program is unique in that it encourages and affords communities the 

opportunity to develop their own solutions to their air service problems based on their particular 

needs and circumstances. By providing communities the opportunity to develop and implement 

air service projects tailored to their individual needs, the program aims to maximize the potential 

for success in the communities’ endeavors. Since the program’s inception, the Department has 

sought to maximize the number of participating communities, promote geographic diversity of 

the selections, and support a variety of solutions to the problems identified by applicants in order 

to provide a wide range of approaches for dealing with the challenges faced by similarly situated 

communities. 

With these considerations in mind, we are selecting 33 grant proposals with the objective of 

entering into grant agreements with the communities/consortia identified in the Appendix to this 

Order. Award recipients must enter into grant agreements with the Department before the 

recipients may seek to be reimbursed expenses incurred under their Small Community Program 

projects. In addition, grant recipients are subject to all grant conditions and assurances required 

by federal law, regulations and executive orders.8 The Department’s grant agreements will be 

transmitted to the selected communities subsequent to the issuance of this Order. 

The proposals we selected incorporate the purpose of the statute, and provide an expanded 

opportunity to test a variety of approaches to improving small community air service in all 

regions of the country. The attached Appendix provides a description of each project, the basis 

for its selection, and the amount of grant funding it will receive.9 As an overview: 

 

8 See http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/aviation/X-50%20Role_files/scasdp/Assurances.pdf for applicable conditions and 

assurances. 

9 We note that grant applicants currently receiving subsidized air service under the EAS Program are precluded 

from using SCASDP funds to secure air service by other carriers to additional destinations. As we stated in the 

Solicitation Order (Order 2012-5-8), we are prepared to entertain applications from EAS-subsidized communities 

that are directed toward improving use of the EAS being provided. However, we will not select proposals that 

would conflict with long-standing EAS policies, including financial support through this program of air services that 

would compete with EAS, thus drawing traffic from the already subsidized services and potentially increasing the 

subsidy requirements for those services. 
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 Nineteen of the awards are made to communities proposing revenue guarantee and/or 

marketing support as means to attract new carriers, restore lost service or capacity, and/or 

provide air travelers with access to additional markets. These communities are: 

Bentonville/Northwest Arkansas; Arcata-Eureka, California; Santa Maria, California; 

Telluride, Colorado; Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida; Twin Falls, Idaho; Champaign-Urbana, 

Illinois; Bloomington-Normal, Illinois; Topeka, Kansas; Rochester, Minnesota; 

Asheville, North Carolina; Los Alamos, New Mexico; Youngstown, Ohio; Redmond, 

Oregon; Williamsport, Pennsylvania; Block Island, Rhode Island-Culebra, Puerto Rico 

Consortium; St. George, Utah; Newport News, Virginia; and Burlington, Vermont. 

 The award to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, will assist the community in the 

development of a risk-sharing incentive program to improve commercial air service 

between St. Croix and the U.S. mainland. 

 The award to Punta Gorda, Florida, will provide assistance to promote existing and future 

expanded service from an existing carrier, and the award to St. Augustine, Florida will 

provide assistance for marketing programs to recruit and launch new air service. The 

awards to Ogden, Utah, and Casper, Wyoming, will enable each community to market 

proposed new or expanded services. 

 The awards to Springfield, Illinois, and Kalispell, Montana, will enable the communities 

to support future new services with marketing programs and reduced ground-handling 

costs, while the awards to Medford, Oregon, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Walla Walla, 

Washington, will provide assistance for marketing campaigns to support existing service 

and draw more passengers to the communities’ airports. 

 Four grant awards at EAS communities – Sioux City, Iowa, Tupelo, Mississippi, Butte, 

Montana, and Pendleton, Oregon – will be used to market EAS service. 

Most of the selected communities are contributing financial resources to their respective grant 

projects. In addition, many communities have pledged in-kind contributions in further support of 

their air service initiatives. The local contributions reflect a commitment that is important to the 

potential success of the proposed initiatives. Moreover, nearly all of the communities have (1) 

established robust public-private partnerships to enhance community participation and facilitate 

access to air services, and (2) provided a specific plan and timetable for using their grant funds in 

a timely manner. 

For some awards, we have reduced the grant award amount below the amount requested by each 

community in its proposal. Accordingly, we are also reducing the required local cash 

contribution match offered by the communities by the same percentage as the reduction in grant 

award. We believe that our reductions should not adversely affect any of the community’s air 

service projects. 
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Air Service Development Zone 

The statute directs the Department to designate an airport in one community awarded a grant 

under this program as an “Air Service Development Zone” (ASDZ), and to work with the 

community or consortium on means to attract business to the area surrounding the airport, to 

develop land-use options for the area, and to provide data, working with the Department of 

Commerce and other agencies. 49 U.S.C. 41743(h). The Department did not receive any 

applications requesting ASDZ designation. 

Grant Agreements 

As noted above, the Department will execute grant agreements with each recipient. In the 

Solicitation Order, we stated that a community cannot accept a new Small Community Program 

grant while it is a party to an existing grant under the program, either as an individual community 

or as a member of a consortium. Accordingly, a community still party to an agreement pursuant 

to a SCASDP grant awarded in a previous year must terminate its participation in that agreement 

before it can accept a 2012 grant award and execute a new implementing agreement with the 

Department. 

We also stated in the Solicitation Order that communities must establish milestones to monitor 

the progress of the proposed projects to determine whether amendments are necessary or whether 

the grant agreement should be terminated. As we have done in the past, milestones and progress 

reporting requirements will be included in the grant agreements. Federal funds under this grant 

program are disbursed on a reimbursable basis, with the communities expending funds for the 

grant project and then seeking reimbursement. Communities will not be reimbursed for funds 

expended prior to the date on which the grant agreement is executed. In seeking 

reimbursements, grant recipients must provide invoices or other evidence of the expenditure, 

details about the expenditure and how it relates to the grant project, and evidence of payment. In 

addition, the legal sponsor is required to certify that each invoice is relevant to the authorized 

grant project and has been paid. Communities will be required to comply fully with the terms of 

their proposals and the grant agreements. 

ACCORDINGLY, 

1. We select the communities/consortia listed in the Appendix to receive grant awards under 

the Small Community Air Service Development Program as described in this Order; 

2. Grant recipients are subject to all grant conditions and assurances that appear at 

http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/aviation/X-50%20Role_files/scasdp/Assurances.pdf. In addition, 

to the extent that the grant agreement permits expenditure of the awarded Small 

Community Program funds in any manner that would not be permitted for funds received 

as part of Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP), such 

permission is strictly limited to the expenditure of the Small Community Program funds 

awarded under the grant agreement. Nothing in the grant agreement negates the 

recipient’s obligations to fully comply with FAA Order 5100-38C; 

3. Each award recipient must affirm this award by entering into a grant agreement with the 
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Department on or before August 31, 2012. Award recipients may not seek to be 

reimbursed under the Small Community Program until they affirm their grant awards; 

and 

4. A copy of this Order will be served on the legal sponsor for each of the communities 

awarded grants. 

By: 

SUSAN L. KURLAND 

 Assistant Secretary for Aviation 

 and International Affairs 

(SEAL) 

An electronic version of this document is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov 
 2012 SCASDP

Funded Projects

State Community Requested Funding Federal Funding Project Description Basis for Selection

AR Bentonville/NW Arkansas $1,000,000 $950,000 Revenue guarantee to attract low fare service

The application is selected because it aligns with seversecondary selection criteria. The project aligns with the average air fares selection criterion because the commaround 38% higher than the national average and the caddress their deficiency by targeting a low cost carrier. applicant provided a detailed timetable indicating that twill use the requested funds in a timely manner, and thproposes partnerships with local chambers of commercproject. Due to the limited amount of funding available, not be fully funded, but the amount awarded should be accomplish the intent of the project.

CA Arcata-Eureka $750,000 $750,000

Revenue guarantee, landing fee waivers, and marketing programs to improve eastbound connections (targeting Denver)

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The project aligns with the priority criterion because the community is contributing proposed project’s cost. The project also aligns with thpartnership priority criterion because the application propublic/private partnership, which shows good support fIn addition to the strong public/private partnership, the with the participation secondary criterion because the csignificant non-airport cash contributions and provided from local city and county governments and businesses

CA Santa Maria $490,000 $490,000

Revenue guarantee for service to a major carrier's hub east of Santa Maria (targeting Denver or Salt Lake City)

This application is selected because it aligns with seveThe project aligns with the local contribution priority critcommunity is contributing nearly 20% of the project’s calso aligns with the material benefits priority criterion becommunity has limited existing air service and the propenhance the community’s access to a large hub airport currently have direct access and which would provide a connecting opportunities. Currently, Santa Maria only hub airport (LAX); connecting the community to anothebenefit a wide range of travelers. 
 2012 SCASDP

Funded Projects

State Community Requested Funding Federal Funding Project Description Basis for Selection

CO Telluride $500,000 $500,000

Revenue guarantee and marketing program to recruit seasonal service to a western hub

The application is selected because it aligns with seversecondary selection criteria. The project aligns with the average air fares and local contribution priority criteria the airport are 27 percent higher than the national avercommunity is contributing 16.7% towards the project. Ilocation secondary criterion because the airport has geoperational challenges that limit the types of aircraft thaTelluride Regional Airport. The proposal targets carriethat can successfully meet operational requirements anunserved markets to the West Coast.

FL Punta Gorda $140,000 $140,000 Market new and existing service on Allegiant 

The application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The project aligns with the priority criterion because the community is contributing proposed project's cost. The applicant also has propostimetable for use of the requested funding, which demofunds would be used in a timely manner. The applicatipublic-private partnership priority criterion and the particriterion because of the strong community support and private partnership for the proposed project. The projesuccess as Allegiant is building on its current service.

FL Sarasota- Bradenton $500,000 $500,000

Revenue guarantee, fee waiver and marketing program to recruit service to a western hub 

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The proposed project aligcontribution priority criterion because there is a 20% locaddition, the project aligns with the public/private partncriterion and the participation secondary criterion becaucommunity involvement and a strong public/private parhelp the proposed project succeed. 
 2012 SCASDP

Funded Projects

State Community Requested Funding Federal Funding Project Description Basis for Selection

FL St. Augustine $250,000 $250,000

Marketing campaign to recruit and launch new air service 

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The proposed project aligcontribution priority criterion because the community is local cash towards the project. In addition, the project public/private partnership priority criterion because therpublic/private partnership that will be important to ensuthe program. The applicant proposed a reasonable timrequested funds. The project has support from both AllAirways.

IA Sioux City $160,000 $160,000

Marketing campaign for new EAS service to Chicago O'Hare on American Eagle

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The project aligns with the priority criterion and public/private partnership priority ccommunity is contributing 16.5% towards the project anpartnership that will ensure the new EAS service will be marketed. In addition, the application aligns with the pasecondary criterion because a large number of businesproposed project and because the community received from American Airlines.

ID Twin Falls $500,000 $500,000

Revenue guarantee and marketing program to increase frequencies to Salt Lake City or upguage existing turboprop service

The application is selected because it aligns with seversecondary selection criteria. The project aligns with the and public/private partnership priority criteria because tcontributing 9.7% towards the project and has an estabpartnership. The application also aligns with the particcriterion because there appears to be strong communitthe diversity of letters received in support of the applicacommunity received a letter of support from SkyWest A
 2012 SCASDP

Funded Projects

State Community Requested Funding Federal Funding Project Description Basis for Selection

IL Bloomington- Normal $500,000 $500,000 Revenue guarantees to launch service to Washington or New York

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The project aligns with the priority criterion because the community is contributing sources towards the project. The community shows orinitiative as well as strong community involvement, whiparticipation secondary criterion. Bloomington has a laeducational base, and there is currently no nonstop serthe northeast, so the proposed service would materially traveling public.

IL Champaign- Urbana $600,000 $500,000

Revenue guarantee and marketing support for new service to Washington Dulles 

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The community conducteleakage analysis that substantiates its need for a revenmarketing project for service to Washington Dulles. The done a thorough job of analyzing the statistics regardinand the data suggests that there is a demand for servicbusiness community would support the service, thus prbenefits to the traveling public. In addition, the commuair fares priority criterion because its air fares are higheaverage. Due to the limited amount of funding availablnot be fully funded, but the amount awarded should be accomplish the underlying intent of the project.

IL Springfield $250,000 $250,000

Ground handling and marketing program to support new low-cost service

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The community seeks low service to Florida, Myrtle Beach, Las Vegas, and/or Phaligns with the local contribution priority criterion becaucontributing funds from multiple sources towards the prthe application demonstrates strong community participaligns with the participation secondary criterion.
 2012 SCASDP

Funded Projects

State Community Requested Funding Federal Funding Project Description Basis for Selection

KS Topeka $1,000,000 $950,000

Revenue guarantee, startup cost offsets, and marketing for new nonstop service (targeting Chicago O'Hare)

The application is selected because it aligns with seversecondary selection criteria. The project aligns with the public-private partnership, and material benefits priority community is contributing 50% towards the project, has public/private partnership to assist with implementing thcurrently does not have air service. The large investmecommunity and local economic growth in the communitmaterial benefit the service will bring to the community. participation secondary criterion because the project is broad community participation. Due to the limited amoavailable, the project could not be fully funded, but the should be sufficient to accomplish the intent of the proj

MN Rochester $500,000 $500,000

Revenue guarantee and marketing to attract service (targeting Denver)

The application is selected because it aligns with seversecondary selection criteria. The project aligns with the national average air fares, local contribution, and publicpriority criteria because the community's air fares are othe national average, Rochester is contributing 27.6% tand it has an established public/private partnership to aimplementing the project. In addition, it aligns with the because it received a letter of support from Frontier Air

MS Tupelo $75,000 $75,000 Market new EAS carrier to new hub

The application is selected because it aligns with seversecondary selection criteria. The project aligns with the and public-private partnership priority criteria because tcontributing 25% towards the project and has an estabpartnership to assist with implementing the project. The a timetable through which the proposed project would psupport to the new EAS service on Silver Airways to Atbegin on October 1, 2012. It aligns with the secondary received a letter of support from Silver Airways.
 2012 SCASDP

Funded Projects

State Community Requested Funding Federal Funding Project Description Basis for Selection

MT Butte $150,000 $150,000

Marketing existing EAS service to Salt Lake City on SkyWest/Delta Connection

This application is selected because it aligns with seveThe community recently became an EAS-subsidized coseeks to market the SkyWest service. The project aligcontribution and public-private partnership priority critecontributing 7.6% towards the project and it has an estaprivate partnership to assist with implementing the proj

MT Kalispell $200,000 $200,000

Ground handling cost offsets and marketing for new nonstop service to Los Angeles Basin

The application is selected because it aligns with seversecondary selection criteria. The community has a stroof 23%, aligning with the local contribution priority critea strong public-private partnership and community partlocal organizations offering to contribute non-airport funbusinesses and groups backing the proposed project. secondary criteria because it received a letter of suppo

NC Asheville $300,000 $300,000

Revenue guarantee to launch low fare service to Denver

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The community has a higtargeting western North Carolina’s business and tourism one of its top O&D markets currently without nonstop sthe proposed project would materially benefit the traveladdition, the community has a large cash contribution (aligns with the local contribution priority criterion, as wecommitment letters from the private sector that aligns wsecondary criterion.
 2012 SCASDP

Funded Projects

State Community Requested Funding Federal Funding Project Description Basis for Selection

NM Los Alamos $272,000 $272,000

Revenue guarantee and marketing for service to Albuquerque 

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. Its local cash contribution support the first air service at the community and aligns contribution priority criterion. In addition, because the chas no scheduled air service, the proposed project coubenefits to the traveling public. It aligns with the seconbecause it received a letter of support from Pacific Win

OH Youngstown $780,000 $780,000

Revenue guarantee for service to a major carrier's hub in the east, southeast, or midwest

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The community is seeking from Silver Airways, and it aligns with the local contribubecause it proposes a cash contribution of 35%. The asubstantial local support, aligning with the participation The community includes a detailed timetable for implemproposed project, demonstrating that the requested funa timely manner, and Silver Airways provided a letter o

OR Medford $150,000 $150,000

Marketing and advertising campaign to increase enplanements

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The application shows a hcommunity involvement, including a strong public-privawhich aligns with the participation secondary criterion apartnership priority criterion. In addition, the application cash contribution, which aligns with the local contributio
 2012 SCASDP

Funded Projects

State Community Requested Funding Federal Funding Project Description Basis for Selection

OR Pendleton $50,000 $50,000

Market existing EAS Service to Portland on SeaPort Airlines

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The community seeks to service by informing the community of SeaPort’s servicsystem, new interline agreements, and its move to the Portland International Airport. The application also inclcontribution, which aligns with the local contribution prioaligns with the secondary criteria because it received a from SeaPort Airlines.

OR Redmond $500,000 $500,000

Revenue guarantee, landing fee waivers, and marketing to recruit nonstop service to Southern California (targeting Los Angeles Basin or San Diego)

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. There is strong public-priva high level of community involvement (including the supublic and private entities), thereby aligning with the pupartnership priority criterion and the participation seconaddition, the application aligns with the local contributiobecause it includes a contribution (36% of the project’s application also would offer material benefits to the comproximity to air service options.

PA Williamsport $500,000 $500,000

Revenue guarantee and marketing for new service (targeting Washington Dulles) 

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The community has a stroof 47%, which aligns with the local contribution priority addition, the application has a partnership with two foulocal chamber of commerce funding the service, therebpublic/private partnership priority criterion and the particriterion. The community has experienced an air traffic demonstrating the economic growth in the community. secondary criteria because it received a letter of suppoAirways.
 2012 SCASDP

Funded Projects

State Community Requested Funding Federal Funding Project Description Basis for Selection

PR/RI

Block Island RICulebra 

Consortium 

$900,000 $900,000

Revenue guarantee to recruit service from Block Island, RI (BID), to T.F. Green Airport (PVD) in Providence, RI, from May through October, and from Culebra, PR (CPX), to Luis Munoz Marin Int'l Airport (SJU) in San Juan, PR, from October through May

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The project aligns with the priority criterion because it has a local match of 8.9%. with the innovation secondary criterion because the proinnovative solution by the Consortium to gain air servicrevenue guarantee and working together with Cape Air seasonal service. The application also has support froand the government of Puerto Rico, aligning with the pasecondary criterion. In addition, it is also supported by targets an appropriate aircraft type to provide service olocations have high tourism demand and the type of sewould materially benefit the traveling public.

TX Corpus Christi $300,000 $300,000

Marketing campaign to educate travelers on benefits of local air service

The application is selected because it aligns with seversecondary selection criteria. The project aligns with the average air fares criterion because its air fares are ovethe national average. Corpus Christi is relatively geogrso the project would materially benefit the community. community is included in order to provide equitable and distribution of available funds.

UT Ogden $200,000 $200,000

Marketing program to support Allegiant's new service to Phoenix-Mesa

The application is selected because it aligns with seversecondary selection criteria. The project meets the loctimely use of funds priority criteria because the commularge priority contribution at 50% of project cost and habroad community support. It aligns with the secondary received a letter from Allegiant in support of the service
 2012 SCASDP

Funded Projects

State Community Requested Funding Federal Funding Project Description Basis for Selection

UT St. George $550,000 $550,000

Revenue guarantee, landing fee waivers, and a marketing program to recruit new service to Denver

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The community shows a hcommunity involvement, including a financial contributioproject’s cost), as well as partnerships with a local colleand a national park. Thus, it aligns with the local contrprivate partnership priority criteria and the participation A new airport with longer runways was completed in 20community conducted an air service study in 2009 usinwhich substantiates the community’s strategy for growtregional tourist attractions) and indicates that the propomaterially benefit the traveling public. It aligns with the because it received a letter of support from SkyWest A

VA Newport News $2,000,000 $950,000

Revenue guarantee to attract service (targeting New York, Boston, Chicago, or Dallas/Fort Worth), and/or upgauge aircraft on flights to Charlotte

The application is selected because it aligns with seversecondary selection criteria. The project meets the locpublic-private partnership priority criteria because it has contribution of 34.5% of the project cost and the commevidence of a strong public-private partnership by formeconomic development leaders from seven municipalitsecondary criteria because it received an airline letter oAirways in support of the grant proposal. Due to the limfunding available, the project could not be fully funded, awarded should be sufficient to give the community a stowards its project.
 2012 SCASDP

Funded Projects

State Community Requested Funding Federal Funding Project Description Basis for Selection

VI St. Croix $300,000 $300,000

Development of risksharing/incentive program to improve commercial air service between St. Croix and the U.S. mainland 

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The community shows a hinvolvement, thereby aligning with the participation secThe application also includes a developed public-privatthereby aligning with the public-private partnership priostrong cash contribution (25%), thereby aligning with thpriority criterion. The community is targeting its top mawhere it currently lacks nonstop service, suggesting matraveling public from the proposed project.

VT Burlington $450,000 $450,000

Revenue guarantee and marketing for nonstop service to a hub airport in the southeastern U.S (targeting Atlanta or Charlotte)

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The community has a largof the project’s cost), which aligns with the local contribcriterion, and the application includes letters of support Airways, its targeted carriers. Atlanta and Charlotte are and 12th top O&D destinations, respectively, and will phub in the southeast, where the airport currently does nservice, so the proposed project will likely provide matetraveling public. In addition, the application contained a of how the community intends to continue service after have expired.
 2012 SCASDP

Funded Projects

State Community Requested Funding Federal Funding Project Description Basis for Selection

WA Walla Walla $250,000 $250,000

Marketing campaign to improve awareness and use of existing Alaska 

Airlines (Horizon) service to 

Seattle/Tacoma

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The community proposes marketing campaign to improve awareness and use of Airlines service to Seattle. The project seeks to increashelp ensure the service continues, which would provide the community. The application provides a thorough mthe community is contributing 16.6% towards the projeclocal contribution priority criterion. The community is gchallenged, and its application shows that the communchallenges as it identifies ways to preserve its air servicmany potential marketing strategies to improve ridershand outbound travelers, aligning with the location secoAlaska Airlines supports the community’s attempt at incof its existing service. The community includes a publicpartnership, aligning with that priority criterion. There is support for the project, aligning with the participation se

WY Casper $100,000 $100,000

Marketing and advertising program to support expanded service to Denver, Las Vegas, and/or Salt Lake City, and/or new service to Phoenix

This application is selected because it aligns with sevesecondary selection criteria. The community has a locaof 17.9%, aligning with the local contribution priority critthe community is geographically isolated, which aligns secondary criterion. There also is an active community partnership, thereby aligning with that priority criterion. 

$15,167,000 $13,917,000