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Office of the Secretary 

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Ms. Tara Barney 

Chief Executive Officer 

Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce 

130 W. 2nd St. 

Davenport, IA 52801 

Dear Ms. Barney: 

Assistant Secretary 

AUG !8 2013 

-120Q-New Jersey Avenue. SE 

W~st\inglon. DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter of July 22, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal 

submitted by the Quad City International Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department of 

Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx has 

asked that I respond to you on his behalf. 

The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller 

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

insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of 40 grant 

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

In order to provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service 

deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types of projects that can be funded. 

On June 24, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a 

grant this year file their applications by July 26. As these grant requests are pending before the 

Department, I cannot comment on the merits of any particular proposal. I assure you that the 

Department will give full and fair consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. 

As is our standard practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2013-0120 as a contact outside the record of this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this progrnm. 

Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
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July 22, 2013 

The Ilonorable Anthony Fox.x 

US Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Ave, SE 

Washington DC 2059Q · 

·Re: Small Collli)lunity Air Service Development Program DOCKETNU!VIBER:DOT-OST~2013-0120 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

On behalf ofthe Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce, I am writing you m support of the Small Community Air Service 

Development Grant being sul:>mitted l:>y the Quad City Internatioxial Airport 

The Quad City hlternational Airport, located in Moline, 1L, serves passengers from throughout the regions of Eastern 

Iowa and Western ffiinois. The funds being sought will support. the marketfug efforts promoting existing, and possibly 

fuj:ure, ~.service providers and their routes. 

Retahung. quality and reliable air service inthe.Quad CitieS is critical to the r~on's.globally connected businesses and 

;eSi~etlts; Th~ Quad Cities regiori:i~ a bt,...~tate .. community with a population over·4oo,ooo. A diverse mix ofFortune soo .... ; ·. . ..... • • ... ,. " 

oompames, including the world headquarter~:: of Deere & Company, The Hon .Coinpany, Modern Woodmen of America. 

KONE'~ievator/Es~atcit, abd Alcoa all cafr.the greate~ Quad Cities region home. hl addition, the Department ~f ,.,• '· '. :. ' ' ' : ,' ' '. ~ 1 "' • " • • 

Defenke's Rode. Island· A-rsenal islocated in the region, providing critical·globallogistics, training and manufacturing . ' .~~ " . .. ' ·. ' . . . 

equipment an<;l seryices ~0 the]oint forces. .. ' ' ,' . '. . '. -~ ,• ., . . . . ·~. 

We suwort the quad Cify·International.Aitpo~~s primary goals to solidify existing air service, moderate future.fare 

increases and mak~ current air service m~~e s~stitinable, setting the c:Ourse for future air service growth. Your full 

consideration of this grant request is app~ec~ated to continue the·economic growth.potential for the Quad Cities region. 

Sincerely, 

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Tara Batn<?Y . . u . Chief Executive Officer 

Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce 

fA Office: 130W. 2nd St., Davenport, IA52801 • 563.322.1706 I lL Office: 62219th Street, Moline, IL61265 • 309.757.5416 

www.QuadCitiesChamber.com