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### ofTransportation Office of the Secretary ofTransportation



### .Mr. Scott A. Valentine President, Fluvanna County

Chamber ofCommerce 177 Main Street P.o. Box 93 Palmyra, VA 22963 DearMr. Valentine: Assistant Secretary 

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- Washington, DC 20590



### Thank you for your letter, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supportingthe proposal submitted by Charlottesville Albemarle Airport Authority for a grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx asked that 

### 1respond to you on his behalf. The Small Community Air Service Development Program was establishedto help smaller communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues relatedto high airfares and insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of40 grant awards each year, although no more than four may be to communities 

### in the same State. To provide communities withlatitude in developing solutions to their air service deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types ofair service development projects that can be funded. On June 30, the Department issued an order setting a deadline ofJuly 31 for applications. As these grant requests are pending before the Department, I cannot comment on the merits ofany particularproposal. 

### I assure you, however, that the Departmentwill give full and fair consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. As is our standard practice, 

### I am placing a copy ofyour letter and this response inDocket DOT-OST-2014-0113 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. I appreciate your interest in this program. Sincerely yours, 

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**Honort~ble** Anthony Foxx 

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### RE: U.S. DOTSmall Community Air Service Developml.'!nt

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**Charlottesville~Aibemarle** Airport Charlottesville, VA

The Board of Directors ofthe Fluvanna Chamber ofCommerce is to submit this letter in support ofthe Charlottesville-Albemarle AirportAuthority's !CHO) application to the 

### U.S. Department of Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development (SCASDP). CHO's application highlights the need to attract and retain new aviation service In our region. The Greate.r region -ofwhich Fluvanna County is a part- has done an exemplaryjob ofattracting new and expanded air service to CHO, but numerous industry events beyond fts control could imperil CHO's hard work and successes. The availability ofquality commercial air service has a profound impact on our economy, not onlythrough improved access forvisitors, but even more importantlyfrom aChamberofCommerce by supportingthe needs ofour and educational institutions. The Fluvanna County Chamber has a with CHO overthe 

### past few years. We fully and support CHO's efforts to and market a level of air sf?rvice that

### is so vital to 

### the continued growth and ofour To that our Board of Directors has authorized acommitmentof $500, combined cash and in-kind donations and/or promotions, in of efforts associated with 

### this We believe that strong public-private partnerships can make a tremendous in a region like ours, especially where small community air service initiatives are concerned. This application has 

### the full support of the Fluvanna County Chamber ofCommerce, and the entire Central Virginia business community. Thank you foryour consideration ofCHO's application and this letter ofsupport.



### ScottA. President



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