### u.s. Department of Traf)$portcition Office ofthe' Secretary of Transportation

Ms. Usa Johnson President Bossier Chamberof Commerce 

### 7TQ Benton 

### Road Bossier City, LA 711 I 1



### Dear Ms. Johnson: Assistant**Se~cretary** 

### AUG 26 20\3 1200 New Jl,lrsey Avenue. SE Washington. DC 20590



### Thank youfor your lette.r tq Secretary**Fo~x** ofJuly 24, 

### cosigned by 

### Mr. Smith supportingthe proposal'subriiitted by the Shreveport Airport Authority fora 

### grant under the U.S. Department ofTransportation's 

### Small Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Fox?' 

## has. asked that I respond to 

### you on his behalf.



### The Small Community Air Service Development

### Program \Vas established to help 

### smaller 

### cotmhiu1ities adqress ?ir 

### sehiice deficiei1cies, 

### particularly issues related 

### to high 

### airfares 

### or insut1icient service. Under the 

### statute, the

### Department 

### may inake a maximun1 of40 

### grant awards each year; although no more 

### than four awards maybe 

### to .communities 

### in the 

### same State. In order 

## to provide 

### c01i1iiumities 

### \vith latitude 

### indeveloping solutions to their air service deficiencies, 

### the stahne provides 

### flexibility in the 

### types ofprojectsthat can be funded.

On June 24, 

### theDepai"tinent issued an order 

### i:equestitig that 

### communities interested in receiving a grant this year tlletheir applications 

### by July 26. As these 

### grant requests are pending before the 

### DepartJtlerit, I caimot oomnicnt on 

### the merits of

### any pattiqi1Iar proposal. I assure. you that 

### the Department

### will give full .and 

### lliir considetation to 

### all 

### proposals that have been 

### properly filed.

As is our 

### standatd**pi'~i.ctice,** I 

### am placing a copy ofyour letter 

### and this resp()nse ih Docket**DOT-OST-2013~.0120** as a.contactoutside the record of

### this matter. I appreciate your interest in**thi~** prograrn. A siinilar letter has been 

### sent to your colleague 

### Mr. Smith.

Sincerely 

### yours,

Susa11 

### L. Kurland Assistant 

### Secretary for Aviation and 

### International AffairsU.S. Department of Transportation Office. of the**~ecretary** ofTransportation



### Mr. Jason Smith 

### Chairman Bossier Chamber of**Cdmme1~ce** 

### 71 0 Benton 

### Rd Bossier- 

### City, LA. 71 111

Dear Mr. 

### Smitb: Assistant Secretary 

## AUG 26 2013 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington. 

### De 205!:!0



### Thank you for your lettet to 

### Secretm'Y Foxx ofJuly 

### 24, cosigned 

### by Mr, Smith supporting 

### the ptopqsal 

### submitted by the Shreveport Airpmi 

### Authoti

### ty for.a grant 

### under the U.S. Department ofTranspot'tation's SmaU Community Air Service Development 

### Progralii. SecretaryFox)>( has asked that I 

### respond 

## to you onhis behalf.

The Small ConmiunityAir 

### Service Development Program was. established to help smaller 

### communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares 

### or ir1suffident sei·vice. Under 

### the**statute~** the 

### Department may make.am.axi!tmm of40 grant awards 

### each year, although no more thanfour awards may be to communities in the same State. 

### In order 

### to provid(;) communities 

### with latitude 

### in: developing 

### solutions to"their air 

### service deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types of projects that canbe funded.

On 

### June**24~** the Dephrtment issued an 

### order requesting 

### that communities intet'ested in receiving 

### a grant 

### this year file their 

### applications by 

### July 26. As these gramrequests are pending before the Department: 

### I cannot comment on 

### the merits of

### any particular proposaL 

### I assure 

### you that tl1e Department 

### will give full and fair consideration 

### to all proposals that have been 

### pi·operly filed.

As is our standard 

### practipe, I am placing <1 copy ofyour letler and thisresponse 

### in Docket 

## DOT-bSt-201 3-0120 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. Lappteciateyour interestin 

### this program. A similar letter has been sent to your colld1guc Ms. Johnson.

Sincerely yours,



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The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 NewJersey Ave., SE Washington DC 20590

DearSecretaryFoxx,
On behalfofthe Bossier Chamber ofCommerce Board ofOiN!ctors and the 900 member businesses we represent, we thank you for your thoughtful conSideration toward the Shreveport Airport Authority's request to expand airline service through a new route to the Midwest and East Coast Region.
A multifaceted airport with well-rounded options for travelers-Is critical to economic growth. This change will allow our community to keep existingjobs and continue to attract
new business ventures In ourarea. Bossier City/Parish is specifically facing several new developments, such as the expansion ofBarksdale Air Force Base (with the addition ofGlobal Strike) and the planned 3000 acre National Cyber Reseilrch Park, which is the current home ofthe Cyber Innovation Center. With the ongoing growth in Bossier City, the Parish and the region, it is vital to meet the demands ofourcitizens and the businesses In our area; these additions to our airport transportation systems will make all the difference In connecting those Jn and outside of our community to other major cities in the l)nl!ed States.and around the world.

We fully supportthe Shreveport Airport Authority's efforts to create additional airline services on a new route. The !lpproval ofShN!veport's Small Community Air Service Development grant request will help the region In meeting our needs for increased airline service and bring us forward In growing ourgreat city.

Thank you again for your consideration. Sincerely,

lisa Johnson BossierChamber President Jason Smith Bossier.Chamber Chairman

710 Benton Road, Bossier City, LA 71111 www.bossierchamber.com_ _P: 318.746.0252 F: 318.746.0357

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