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24-0 c tober 2013 Rob e rt Bev i lacqua, Superv isor T o wn Of' H arri ets t o w n 39 M ai n S treet Sar an a c L ake , NY 1 2983 D ear Su p e rviso r B ev i l a c qua , I ' ve r e c e ntl y b e c ome aw ar e th at th e r e ex ists th e p o s s i bi l i ty to e x pand th e curr e nt air s erv ice o ut ofth e Lake C l e ar ai rp o rt to in c lu de o th e r d esti nati o n s , p artic ul arl y th e N e w York C ity are a. T his is a te rrific p r os pec t an d wo u ld bri ng great benef i t s to o u r r e gion
. I moved t o Saranac L ake thr ee ye ars a g o f r o m Man hatt an and I can tell y o u that, with ou t que sti on , hav i n g th i s s e rv ice w o ul d e n han c e li f e h e r e i n s o me cri ti c a l w ay s . Fi rst , i t w ou l d make it f ar ea si er f

o r o u r c urr ent r es i den ts to c o mmut e t o the New York C i ty are a thus hav i ng th e eff

ect o f re t ai n i n g profess ion al s who are ab le to liv e here b ut who n ee d to travel. Next, it w o uld e n tice mor e peo ple to c o n s ider m ov ing to th e area if they knew the y could e as ily commut e to a larg er metro p oli t an ar ea or h ub fo r m a

jor i nt ernatio n al trave l. There is also th e s i g ni fi c an t issue of in c re asi n g ou r ex p osu r e to vi s itors and th e m any op portu niti e s th ey may p r ovi d e . To be s u re , this would not be an 'open i ng of fl oodg ates' t o an o nslaught of to urists who wo u ld c h ange o u r c ultur e an d l an ds c ap e. L ike mo st f ull- time r e side n t s, I am ve ry s e n s iti ve to pr ese rvin g the r ar e and b eauti f ul virtues o f l i fe in th e Adir on dacks. T hat bei ng s aid , thi s s m all bu t c ri ti cal mo v e w o uld b ri ng peo p l e here in a th o u g htf u l an d calibr ated way givin g us th e ability to sh o wcase our commun i ties and attract new busines s, professional, and p erh aps arti s tic i n te re sts . Th is h as partic ul ar r e le v an ce in an age w h e r e peopl e and i ndu s trie s are livin g and workin g i n an i n c r eas in gl y r em ote fash io n . In one a s pect of my profess ion a l life, I am d e e pl y involved w ith rec rui ti ng f or A d iro nd ack Health
. I can t e l l y o u fir st -h an d that o u r me d ic al co mmun i ty has fo r e g o ne th e oppo rtu ni ty to emplo y many t alen t e d ph ys ici an s. T h is l ost opp ortun ity i s magn if

i ed w h e n yo u consider th e d iff icu lty i n bri n gi n g tal e n t ed indi vi du als, b ut als o the ir sig n if ic an t oth ers an d fami l i es - all of wh o m t end to be hig h l y skilled , m otivated , and ci vicall y e ngag e d
. F inal ly , I wo rk as an Em e rge nc y Ph y sici an w hi c h r e al ly puts me f r on t an d cent e r wi th th e members of ou r commu nity and th e i r m e d ical and s o ci a l i ss u es . O u r stag n ate d loc al economy has t aken a g re at t o ll o n o ur ci ti ze n s and th e ab il i ty to pr osp e r. For these re a s on s and o the r s, I fu l ly sup p ort e xp and i n g the air se rvic e p rov id e d at the L ake Cl e ar airp o rt . I hop e that our l o cal d ec i s i o n make r s ha v e the cou r ag e to advance this import ant is s ue i n the b e st in t e re s t o f o ur commu n ity.



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. D owidowicz, M D F ACE P I Med ica l D irec t or Departme nt o f E mergen cy M e dic i n e V i ce Pres i den t fo r M e dic al Staf f 4 1 6 P ark A ve nu e Sar an a c Lake , NY 1 2983