U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

Mr. Thomas L. Filer 

Chairman 

Louisa County Chamber of Commerce 

214 Fredericksburg Avenue 

P.O. Box 955 

Louisa, VA 23093 

Dear Mr. Filer: 

Assistant Secretary 

AUG 25 2014 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the 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 I respond to you on his behalf. 

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

communities address air service defl.ciencies, particularly issues related to high airfares and 

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

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

provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service deficiencies, the 

statute provides flexibility in the types of air service development projects that can be funded. 

On June 30, the Department issued an order setting a deadline of July 31 for applications. As 

these grant requests are pending before the Department, I cannot comment on the merits of any 

particular proposal. I assure you, however, that the Department \Vill 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-2014-0113 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. l appreciate your interest in 

this program. 

Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
UISA 

July 21, 2014 

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The Honorable Anthony Foxx 

Secretary of Transportation 

U_.S. Deparment of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Ave. SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

RE: U.S. DOT Small Community Air Service Development Program 

Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport 

Charlottesville, VA 

Dear Mr. Foxx: 

On behalf of the Louisa County Chamber of Commerce. I am pleased to submit a letter 

of support for the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport Authority's (CHO) application to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation's Small Communiity Air Service Development Program (SCASDP). 

The grant request will, if approved will help our region meet today's aviation world needs and 

attract new service, as well as retain those services. Charlottesville has done an exemplary job 

in attraciting new and expanded air service to CHO and Central Virginia. The availability of 

quality, commercial air service has a profound impact on the region's economy through 

improved access for visitors. Visitors are the backbone of tourism and the economic region. 

Equally important is that CHO supports the needsof area business, organizations, and 

educational institutions by meeting a transportation need and bringing attention to our 

community. 

The "public-private" partnership that has been developed between CHO and the louisa 

County Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of supporting our local CHO air services will have 

our full support. Small community air service initiatives are strengthened, as is our 

communities, by partnerships like ours and can make the difference between having these 

services and losing them. We are confidence that the program will have the full support of the 

Central Virginia business community. We encourage the acceptance and approval of the grant. 

Thomas L Filer 

Chairman louisa County Chamber of Commerce 

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