### July22, 2013

Ms. Brooke Chapman, Associate Director Small Community Air Service Development Program U.S.Department 

### ofTransportatlon 8!11

### Floor, RoomW86~307 1200 

### NewJerseyAvenue SE, 

### Washington D.C. 20590 Reference: Docket DOT-OST-2013-0120 Dear Ms. Chapman, Gunnison County hassubmitted to the Department ofTransportatlon an

### application for a2013 Small Community AIrService Development (SCASD) Grant, on behalf of the County, the 

### Cityof Gunnison and the 

### towns of Crested Butte and Mt. 

### Crested Butte. 1he application 

### isfor funding to support new, summer season, air service from l'iunOlson marxets In Texas.Tourists from Texasand poInts east are a huge part of our visitor baseand the money they spend locally isvery important to 

### our economy. Our

### local airport hasseen asignlflcant 

### loss of airservteeinthe past few years, in the range of 

### one t~ird of our airline seatsand flights have been 

### cut. At the sametime air fares are up significantly and I understand that 

### airport traffic Isdown byaquarter Justsince ~009. The SCASDprogram Isa DOTprogram 

### that is

### supposed to help rural 

### cities with Justthis type

# ofair service challenge. We need that type of grant support inGunnison County. I urge the DOTto give approval 

### for the Gunnison air service grant application. IbellfN~ that 

### with grant funding we 

### can restore some of our 

### lost aIrservice and the economic 

### benefits locallywill be significant. 

### My daughter and herfamily live in Crested 

### Butte and it Is

### hard to get therell would 

### especially love 

### itif American Airlines would offer service in the summertime. It Isawonderful time to visit 

### Colorado Ifyou 

### live InTennessee asIdo, sothis would be 

### terriflcll Thistime 

### Iam flyingto Denver and driving 

### over Inan 

### expensive rental car, which isnot optimum II Thanks for

### considering this grant. SIncerely,

SusanG arown 1815 laurel Ridge Dr. Na$lwill~, TN37215July 22,2013

Ms. Brooke Chapman,

. Assoctate Ojr~ctor Small Community Air Service Development Program U.S. Dt
.>I"JI'lrncnt of transportatlon 81h Floor, Room W86·30'1 J1.00 NeVI Jersey Avenue S(, washington D.C. ~O$90 Rcf~ren(t: Docket OOr·QST-2013·0120 Dear Ms. Chapman, GlJnni~on County hassubmitted to the Department 

## orTranSI)Ortation an ~pplicaUon for 0) 2013 Sm;'lll Community Air Service Development (SCASD)Grant, on behalf ofthe County. tho City of Gunnison and the towns of Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte, The application 1$(or (undins to support MVI, summer Season, air service from Gunntson markets in Texas. Tourists (tom texos and point$ <:{J~l arc a huge part of our visitor base and the mOMY they spend lor;~lIyisw~ryImportant to our eeoncmv. Gunnison ulrport has s<:cn asignifkar'llioss of air servko in the past few years, ir't the range of one third of our airline Sf:i!I
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and flights have been cut. At the same time air tMCS are up sisnificantly and I understand that airport trafflc isdown by a quarter just since 2009. Wl~own property in Almont at 590 Red Mountain Road in Gunnison county. It is extremelv difficult and expensive for 

### us to get there ~Ivetl the current 

### number of 

### flights available. rhe>.SCASOp(og,a m i$ a DOTprogram that is supposed to help rural cities with jusllhls type of ilir service challenge. We need that typ<, of grant support in Gunnison Counly, I urge thi:' DOT to give approval torthe Gunnison air service grant application, I b~li(,vGthat with grant funding we C'-HI restore some ofour lo~l air service and the economlc benefits locallVwill be signifiC'~r'lt. Sincerely,

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/16July 24, 2013 Ms. Brooke Chapman. Assocate Director Small Community Air ServIce Development Program U
.S. Department of Transportanon 6th Floor, Room W86·307 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, WashIngton D.C. 20590 Reference: Docket 00T·03T·2013·0120 Dear Ms. Chapman, I am writing to express my support for a grant applicallon from Gunnison County

. Ihave been a full time resIdent of the County since 2002
. I am concerned that as an amenlty-driven economy the level 01our airservice Is acritical elemenlin sustaining our tourist business. Gunnison County has submitted to tho Department of Transportation an application for a 2013 Small Community Air Service Development (SCASO) Grant, on beha" 01the County, Ihe City 01 Gunnison and the towns Of crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte. The app1icaUon Is for funding 10support now, summer season, air service from Gunnison markets In Texas
. Tourists from Texas and poInts east are a huge part 01 our visitor base and tho money they spend locally Is vcry Important to our economy. Our local airport has seen a slgnllicanlloss of air service In the past low years, In the rango 01 one third 01 our airline seats and flights have been cut. At the same lime air lares are up slgnillcantly and I understand that airport tralfic Is down by a quarter Just since 2009. The SeASO program Isa DOT program that Is suPPOSCd10help rural citles with just tnts type 01 air servIce challenge. We need thallypa of grant support In Gunnison County. I urge tho DOT 10 Olvo approval for Iho Gunnison air service orant application. I believe that with grant funding we can restore some 01 our lost air service and tho eoonomlc benefits locally will be SIgnificant. 

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July 29, 2013 Ms. Brooke Chapman, Associate Director Small Community Air Service Development Program U.S. Department of Transportation 8th Floor, Room W86-307 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington D.C.20590 Reference: Docket DOT-OST-2013-0120 Dear Ms. Chapman: Gunnison County has submitted 

### an application for 

### a 2013 Small Community Air Service Development (SCASD)Grant to the Department of Transportation on behalf of the County, the City of Gunnison and the towns of Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte. The application Isfor funding to support new, summer season air service from Gunnison markets in Texas. Tourists from Texas and points east are a huge part of our visitor base and the money they spend locally Iscritical to our economy. Our local airport has seen asignificant loss of air service in the past few years; in the range of one third of our airline seats and flights have been cut. At the same time, air fares have risen significantly and f understand that airport traffic is down by a quarter just since 2009. The SCASDprogram is a DOT program that is intended to help rural cities with Just this type of air service challenge. Gunnison County Is agreat spot for this kind of funding - with a history of collaboration throughout out valley. I urge the DOT to give approval for the Gunnison air service grant appflcation. I believe that with grant funding we can restore some of our lost air service and the economic benefits locally will be significant. f also believe that Gunnison County, with its history of collaboration among governmental entities, private business and the nonprofit sector will make the grant dollars work far beyond the initial infusion of the Initial grant dollars
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July 22, 2013 Ms. Brooke Chapman, Associate Director Small Community Air Service Development Program U.S. Department of Transportation 8th Floor, Room W86-30? 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington D.C. 20590 Reference: Docket DOT-OST-2013-0120 Dear Ms. Chapman, Gunnison County has submitted to the Department of Transportation an application for a 2013 Small Community Air Service Development (SCASD) Grant, on behalf of the County, the City of Gunnison and the towns of Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte. The application isfor funding to support new, summer season, air service from Gunnison markets in Texas. Tourists from Texas and points east are a huge part of our visitor base and the money they spend locally is very important to our economy. Our local airport has seen a significant loss of air service in the past few years, in the range of one third of our airline seats and flights have been cut. At the same time air fares are up significantly and 

### Iunderstand that airport traffic is down by a quarter Justsince 2009. The SCASO program is a DOT program that is supposed to help rural cities with just this type of air service challenge. We need that type of grant support in Gunnison County. I urge the DOT to give approval for the Gunnison air service grant application. I believe that with grant funding we can restore some of our lost air service and the economic benefits locally will be significant. Sincerely,

Jenny Birnie Executive Director, Center for the Arts Chair, Arts Alliance of the East River Valley

### Dear Scott)

We are writing in response to the article in last week's CB news. We are second home owners) basically spending summers and winters in CB and falls and springs in Nashville. We fly a good bit and really do prefer to use the airport in Gunnison whenever we can. This summer I 

### have had to make extra trips because my mother is ill. The rates have often been exorbitant and the schedules poor. Friends and family have not visited because of these conditions. We have many friends here in the same boat. I 

### am copying many of them in hopes of showing the support you requested to enhance the chances of being awarded the federal grant to negotiate with the airlines. Please let us 

### know how we can follow up with the right person to make a 

### differencel Many thanks. Sincerely yours~ Emily and John Bruno

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# COLORADO UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT July 24,2013 Ms. Brooke Chapman, Associate Director Small Community Ail' Service Development Program 

### U.S. Department of Transportation 8th Floor, Room W86-307 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington D.C. 20590 Reference: Docket DOT-OST-2013-0120 Dear Ms. Chapman, 

### As the President of Western State Colorado University, 

### I am writing this letter to express the University's support for the 2013 Small Community Air Service Development (SCASD) Grant, submitted by Gunnison County on behalf ofthe County, the City of Gunnison and the towns of

. Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte. The application is for funding to support new, slimmer season, air service from Gunnison markets in Texas. Tourists from Texas and points east are a huge part of our visitor base and the money they spend locally is very important to our economy. Our local airport has seen a significant loss of air service in the past few years, in the range of one third of our airline seats, and flights have been cut. At the same time air fares are lip significantly and Iunderstand that airport traffic is down by a quarter just since 2009. The Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport benefits Western's student recruitment and retention efforts, and serves the travel needs of Olll'faculty, staff and campus visitors. Approximately 93 percent of Western's students are from more than 100 miles away and 

### 25 percent are from 

### outside of Colorado, which makes availability of an airport an important commodity when recruiting and retaining students. 

### It is also been consistently communicated that the airport provides peace-of-mind to parents and students who maybe apprehensive about Western's rural location. The SCASD program is a DOT program whose objective is to help rural cities with just this type of ail' service challenge. We need that type of grant support in Gunnison County. Iurge the DOT to give approval for the Gunnison 

### air service grant application. Just as the air service program is vital for our tourism-based economy, it is also a great benefit to the Western community, which in turn, supports the local economy. Ibelieve that witb grant funding we can restore some of OUl' lost air service and the economic benefits locally will be significant. Sincerely,

Brad 

### Baca President

Western State Colorado University - 600 North Adams Street Gunnison, CO81231 - 970.943.2114 - www.western.edu 

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### MS. 8roo1<e Chapman, AssociatE! Director small Community Air Service Oevelopment program US. Department of Transportation Silo 

### Floor, Room WS6-307 1200 New Jersey Aven~e SE, Washington D.C.20590

Dear Ms. Chapman, GUl')olson County has submitted tc the l)epartl"llent of Transportation an application for a 2013 Small Community Afr Service Development (SCASO)Grant. on behalf of ~he

### County, the City of Gunnison and the towns of Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte. The application is for' funding to sopport new, summer season, air 

### service from Gunnison markets in Texas..Tourists from Texas and points east are a huge part ofour visitor base and the money they spend IQalIIy isvery importaC'\t to our eoonomy, OUT1oc91airport has seen a significant Ioss-Qfair service inthe past fewyears, il"l the range ofone third ofour airliJ)e seats and flights have been rot
. Atthe same time air fares are up 

### significantly and , understand that airport tJ9ffic is down by aquarter just since 2009. The SCASD program isa DOTprog/"iJm th<lt ls supposed to help rural cities with just 'this type of air service challe~. 

## w~Deed~hattype of grant s.upport In Gunnison County

. We ul'8e the DOTto give approval for the GuMison air service grant <lpplication. We believe that with 

### grant funding we can restore some of our lostair service and the economic benefits k>cal/y will be significant. 

### Sincerely,

Barcy & Lynne MuirheadJuly 22, 2013



### Ms. Brooke Chapman, Associate Director Small Community Air Service Development Program U.S. Department ofTransportation 8th Floor, Room W86-307 1200 New JerseyAvenue SE, Washington D.C.20590 Reference: Docket DOT-OST-2013-0120 Dear 

### Ms. Chapman, Gunnison county has submitted to the Department ofiransportation an application for a 2013 Small Community Air Service Development (SCASD)Grant, on behalf of the County, the City of Gunnison and the towns of Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte. The application Isfor funding to support new, summer season, air service from Gunnison markets in Texas. Tourists from Texas and poInts east are a huge part of our visitor base and the money they spend locally isvery important to our economy. Our local airport has seen asignificant loss of air service in the past few years, in the range of one third of our airline seats and flights have been cut. At the same time air fares are up significantly and' understand that airport traffic is down by a quarter just since 2009. The SCASDprogram isa DOTprogram that is supposed to help rural cities with just this type of air service challenge. We need that type of grant support in Gunnison County. Iurge the DOTto give approval for the Gunnison air service grant application. Ibelieve that with grant funding we can restore some of our lost air service and the economic benefits locally will be significant. Sincerely, ("/---\~

.~ John and Carole Ferguson 14 Hunter Hill Road Mt. Crested Butte, CO81225

### Phillip H. Virden P.O. Box 818 Lake 

### City, CO81235 970-944-2548
July 22, 2013
Ms. 

### Brooke Chapman Associate Director Small Community Air Service Development Program U.S. Department ofTransportation 8th

### Floor, RoomW86-307 1200 NewJersey Avenue SE Washington, D.C. 20590 Reference: Docket DOT-OST-2013-0120 Dear Ms. 

### Chapman, I

### have,been a small business owner and resident near Gunnison County since 1975. I

### have

,been keenly 

### aware.and involvedwith the fragile nature ofour economy. Without question, gettingvisitots to

### 'our beautiful county by all means possible is 

### critical forus 

### to maintain a healthy and vibrant economy. Gunnison County has submitted to the Department ofTransportation an application for a 2013 Small Community AirService Development (SCASD)Grant, onbehalf ofthe County. the CityofGunnison and the towns ofCrested Butte and Mt. 

### Crested Butte. The application is forfunding to support new, summer season, air service from Gunnison markets inTexas. Tourists fromTexas and points east are a huge part ofour visitor base and the money they spend locallyis very important to our economy. Our local airport has seen a sIgnificant loss ofair 

### service in the past few

### years, in 

### the range of one third ofour airline seats and flights have been 

### cut. Atthe same time air fares are up . significantly and I

### understand that airport traffic is down bya quarter just since 2009~ The SCASOprogram is a DOTprogram that is supposed to help rural cIties withjust this type of 

### air service challenge. Weneed that type ofgrant support in Gunnison County. I

### urge the DOTto giveapproval forthe Gunnison air service grant application. 

## rbelievethat with grant funding wecan restore some ofOUT 

### lost air service and the economic benefits locallywillbe sigrtUficant. ' Respectfully submitted;
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# G~H.~LPhillip H.Virden'July 22, 2013 M;), Brooke Chapman, Associate Director Small Community Air Service Development Program U.S.Department of Transportation 8th Floor, Room W86-307 1200 NewJerseyAvenue SE, Washington D.C.20590 Reference: Docket DOT-OST-2013-0120 Dear Ms. Chapman, Gunnison County hassubmitted to the Department ofTransportation an application for a2013 Small Community Air Service Development (SCASD) Grant, on behalf of the County, the City of Gunnison and the towns of Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte. The application isfor funding to support new, summer season, air service from Gunnison markets In Texas.Tourists from Texasand points east are a huge part of our visitor baseand the money they spend locally isvery important to our economy. Our local airport hasseen a significant lossof air service in the past few years, in the range of one third of our airline seatsand flights have been cut. At the sametime airfares are up significantly and I understand that airport traffic Isdown by aquarter just since 2009. The SCASD

program Isa DOTprogram that issupposed to help rural cities with just this type of air service chaiienge. We need that type of grant support in Gunnison County. I urge the DOTto give approval for the Gunnison air service grant application. I believe that with grant funding we can restore some of our lost air service and the economic benefits locally will be significant.



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