Table of Contents

Executive Summary ...............................................................................................................................................................1

Previous Small Community Air Service Development Program Grants ...........................................................................2

Youngstown Warren Air Service Market ..............................................................................................................................3

History of Commercial Air Service at YNG .................................................................................................................3

Economic Development .............................................................................................................................................4

Economic Stimulus .....................................................................................................................................................5

Utica Shale Boom Preparation - Major Investments ...................................................................................................6

Air Service Environment .............................................................................................................................................8

Leakage Study ..........................................................................................................................................................10

Business Air Travel Survey .......................................................................................................................................11

Strategic Plan ........................................................................................................................................................................16

Strategic Goals .........................................................................................................................................................16

Public Awareness - Marketing - Promotional Campaigns .........................................................................................17

Public/Private Partnership ........................................................................................................................................18

Request for Funds .................................................................................................................................................................20

Federal Support ........................................................................................................................................................20

Community Support ..................................................................................................................................................20

Sponsoring Agency Responsibility ............................................................................................................................20

Summary ..............................................................................................................................................................................20

Appendix A Summary Information Schedule ........................................................................................................................

Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport Proposal Under the

Small Community Air Service Development Program - Docket DOT-OST-2012-0069
Executive Summary

The Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG) respectfully submits on behalf of the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon

community a proposal to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) for a small community air service grant as part of 

the USDOT’s Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP). YNG requests a $780,000 SCASDP grant 

award to reestablish regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG to a hub of a major U.S. airline in the East, Midwest, 

or Southeast U.S.. This grant, in combination with an additional $420,000 in local cash contributions, will be used to develop 

an airline revenue guarantee program to support the first 12 months of such air service by mitigating the initial business risk 

that a carrier will face in entering a new market.

The Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport represents a critical component of the comprehensive regional transportation plan 

for the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon metropolitan area (Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties in Ohio and Lawrence 

and Mercer Counties in Pennsylvania). Also, the return of regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG has been

identified collectively by government and community, as one of the primary economic development issues that the region 

must overcome to achieve its vision of providing a competitive economic base that will provide good paying jobs to ensure a 

high personal standard of living, and punctuates the commitment on the part of government and community to assist in the

development of such air service. In addition, reestablishment of regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG will 

stabilize as well as add value to YNG’s growing leisure market air service, which with the assistance of a former SCASDP 

grant, allowed YNG to secure its first and much needed scheduled air services for the community since 2002. Continued 

development of air-travel markets is essential to the stability and growth of YNG’s position in the region and the posturing with 

similar U.S. air-travel markets overall. Most importantly, the demand for air service at YNG by gas and oil production energy 

companies and the thousands of transient workers who will enter the region due to the Utica Shale play is the most critical 

component of the region’s economic growth. Gas and oil production energy companies, such as BP America, Chesapeake 

Energy, and Carrizo Oil, are in the infantile stages of their operations in Northeastern Ohio and have already inquired as to if 

YNG can connect these companies to their headquarters in Houston, Oklahoma City, Dallas, etc..

Equally important to the airline revenue guarantee program will be the promotion of new air service at YNG by focusing on

developing awareness within the local community that YNG is again open for business. Considering that YNG has lacked 

consistent regularly scheduled commercial air service since 2002, air-travelers within the community have changed their 

behavior during the past 10 years by relying on three other Ohio/Pennsylvania airports (Cleveland, Akron-Canton, and Pittsburgh) that are located within a 2-hour drive. The underlying goal of promoting new air service at YNG will be to change 

air-traveler behavior, by increasing awareness of the air service and highlighting its effectiveness, reliability, and staying 

power. YNG outlined in its proposal its strategic plan as well as define the public/private partnership that has been formed 

to carry out and support this plan. This partnership of committed local organizations supporting YNG has pledged $480,000 

in cash contributions and “soft dollar” contributions (e.g., television, radio, internet and billboard advertising; airport terminal 

rent abatements; etc.) to assist in sustaining such air service in its first 3 years. The strategic plan and community support 

demonstrate a clear, achievable approach to attract effective regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG, should YNG

receive this grant.

The SCASDP is a great opportunity for a community like the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area. The Youngstown-Warren

Regional Airport looks forward to being seriously considered for an award by the USDOT so that air service development

efforts in our region can move forward more rapidly.

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Previous Small Community Air Service Development Program Grants

The Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG) has been awarded two Small Community Air Service Development Program 

Grants.

2005 SCASDP Grant Award

In 2005, YNG was awarded a $250,000 SCASDP grant to develop and sustain an 18-month marketing program supporting 

Allegiant Air’s initial leisure commercial air service at YNG to Orlando-Sanford International Airport that began in 2006. YNG

was fortunate to receive this award as it, augmented with $170,000 in local contributions, contributed significantly to the

success of Allegiant Air sustaining and expanding its air service at YNG. This past May, Allegiant Air and YNG celebrated 

the six-year anniversary of that first flight and Allegiant Air providing leisure commercial air service to the community. Also 

since that first flight, Allegiant Air launched additional service to Myrtle Beach International Airport in April 2010 and to St.

Petersburg–Clearwater International Airport in November 2010. According to recent data, YNG is one of the top five airports 

in the entire Allegiant Air system in terms of load factors and yields, despite competitive pricing from competing leisure airlines 

operating at nearby CAK, CLE, and PIT Airports. In 2011, YNG was the top airport in the entire Allegiant Air system in terms 

of yields to Myrtle Beach resulting in Allegiant Air increasing its frequency to four flights per week to Myrtle Beach for the

summer of 2012 due to the popularity of the service. With service to Punta Gorda Airport and to Stewart International Airport 

on the horizon, the 2005 SCASDP grant award demonstrates how a successful award can lay the foundation for developing 

air service programs.

2007 SCASDP Grant Award

In 2007, YNG was awarded a $575,000 SCASDP grant to secure daily airline service on regional jets to a connecting hub 

within the region. The award was intended to act as an Airline Revenue Guarantee to help mitigate the initial business risk 

of a network carrier in its initial two years of service at YNG. However, the significant decline in the National economy and 

significant increased fuel costs at the time of the award made network carriers hesitant to initiate new air service at YNG and 

other communities with similar economies, demographics, and need for air service. In addition, at the time of the award, 

50-seat to 90-seat regional jet aircraft was the appropriate aircraft for the market availability to YNG. Therefore, due to 

these economic conditions, regional jet aircraft became less efficient and less attractive to network carriers for short-haul air

service and network carriers quickly moved to providing the same air service with commuter prop jet aircraft. It was extremely

difficult in the first 3 years of the award to seek interested network carriers. However, in the final year of the award, expressed

interest by United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and US Airways to provide the type of air service sought by the community increased

significantly. 

At the time of the expiration of the award, the Community was in promising negotiations with United Airlines through their 

codeshare partner Silver Airways in providing daily connecting service from YNG to Washington DC (IAD) at 2-3 round 

trip flights per day, including over-nighting of an aircraft for early morning departure times. United Airlines and Silver

Airways are currently discussing the addition of gates at IAD to add additional new service from IAD, to include YNG. 

Additionally, due to the Utica Shale boom in the region, oil and gas companies are requesting daily service at YNG. Delta Air 

Lines has voiced an interest in providing daily connecting service between YNG and Detroit Metro (DTW) as early as 2013 

to meet the air travel needs of the oil and gas companies. The goals of the 2007 SCASDP grant differ from the goals within 

this proposal in that the 2007 SCASDP grant required that air service, supported by the airline revenue guarantee program 

established by the 2007 SCASDP grant, was to be provided specifically in 50 - 90 seat regional jet aircraft and this proposal 

specifies that such air service is to be provided by aircraft of the appropriate size for the market being served.

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History of Commercial Air Service at YNG

Exhibit 3.1 - Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport Total Passenger 1998-2011

Exhibit 3.1 provides the number of annual commercial air service passengers at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport 

(YNG) from 1998, when daily scheduled air service was prevalent, through 2011 with only Allegiant Air operating at YNG. 

Despite double-digit percentage losses in commercial passenger traffic from 1998 through 2004, the success of leisure

commercial air service at YNG is reflected from 2006 through 2011.

Exhibit 3.2 - Air Service History at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport

Year Airline Service

1998 UA (3x daily) - ORD, NW (4x daily) - DTW, US (5x daily) - PIT

2000 NW (2x daily) - DTW via CAK, US (5x daily) - PIT

2001 NW (2x daily) - DTW via CAK

2002-2003 No Scheduled Commercial Air Service (casino resort junket flights only)

2004 Vacation Express (4x weekly) - SFB, (2x weekly) - MYR

2005 Vacation Express leaves

2006 Allegiant Air (2x weekly) - SFB

2010 Allegiant Air (2x weekly) - SFB, (2x weekly) - MYR

2011 Allegiant Air (2x weekly) - SFB, (2x weekly) - MYR, (2x weekly) - PIE

Exhibit 3.2 provides the schedule of regularly scheduled commercial air service at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. 

In 1998, YNG had three legacy airlines operating 12-daily flights from YNG. That number decreased to two airlines operating 

7-daily flights in 2000 and one airline operating 2-daily flights in 2001. United Airlines, US Airways, and Northwest Airlines 

ceased service at YNG due to the EAS “70-Mile” rule which eliminated YNG from EAS funding eligibility due to its proximity 

to the former US Airways hub at Pittsburgh International Airport and the impact of 9/11 . Allegiant Air’s low frequency leisure 

air service has operated successfully for six years and the frequency of its Myrtle Beach route is increasing to 4-times weekly 

in the summer of 2012 and additional service to new destinations such as Punta Gorda and Stewart International Airports on 

the horizon. 

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Economic Development

The economic engine of the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon metropolitan area has been revving in recent years punctuating the 

need for the return of regularly scheduled commercial air service at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.

This spring, George Zeller, a Cleveland based economic research analyst, said the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area is the 

fastest growing economy in the entire state of Ohio. According to April 2012 unemployment rates for Mahoning, Trumbull 

and Columbiana Counties, unemployment decreased from 9.7% in April 2011 to 7.9 % in April 2012, lower than the national 

unemployment rate. The above average decline in unemployment can be attributed to the diversification of the YoungstownWarren-Sharon economy. A combination of high tech, logistics, health care, energy, and entertainment companies are

growing throughout the region.

High-Tech Development 

Youngstown’s high-tech Business Incubator continues to promote local growth of the high-tech industry with annual revenue 

of $152 million from its current company portfolio. The Youngstown Business Incubator, based in Downtown Youngstown, is 

home to eight start-up technology companies focused on medical, communication, and imaging design software with worldwide markets.

Logistics 

Two major Interstates, I-76 and I-80, SR-11, the only major Lake-to-River State Highway, and Norfolk Southern and CSX

Railroads all intersect in the heart of the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area. The geographic proximity of our community to 

these major transportation arteries has attracted investments in new warehousing and transport logistics companies in the 

region. 

Health Care 

On May 21, 2012, Humility of Mary Health Partners (HMHP) announced that $203.3 million in expansion will be invested at 

their three major hospitals across the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area including the construction of a second seven-story 

tower at their five-year old St. Elizabeth Health Center in Boardman.

Energy Development 

The Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area sits on top of the Utica and Marcellus Shale Oil and Natural Gas Fields which has 

attracted energy companies such as Chesapeake, Consol, Chevron, British Petroleum, Shell, and EnerVest. Information on 

the Utica Shale play continues in the next section. 

Entertainment

Penn National Gaming Inc. is beginning construction of a $250 million racetrack and casino in Mahoning County. 

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Economic Development (Continued)

Also, the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area has been recognized recently by the following: 

 = Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Forum released a 2012 survey showing that the Youngstown - WarrenSharon Metropolitan area ranked third among the 100 largest U.S. metro areas for percentage increase in manufacturing jobs 

from 2010 to 2011 and that the area was one of only six metro areas in the U.S. with manufacturing growth of more than 10 

percent.

 = Forbes Magazine, in April 2012, listed the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area as the fourth best metro area in the U.S. 

to find employment and the fourth best metro area in the U.S. to raise a family.

 = National Association of Home Builders, in its 2012 index, ranked the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area as the most 

affordable major metro area in the nation to buy a home. 

In addition, the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber recently hosted the first “Youngstown Ohio Utica & Natural Gas

Conference and Trade Show” attracting a sold-out audience of 1,750 from across the U.S.. In February 2012, TV crews from

Japan, Sweden, Denmark, and France were in the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area documenting the economic growth

being experienced here. All of this activity (and this is only the start of the rebirth of the region) again punctuates the need for 

the return of regularly scheduled commercial air service at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.

Economic Stimulus

According to 2011 consumer expenditure statistics for the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon Metropolitan area, households 

spent $114 million on airline fares. The return of regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG would allow the local

economy to retain a portion of that multi-million dollar figure, in addition to approximately $1.8 million more in hotel, restaurant,

shopping, and miscellaneous revenue from visitors and business travelers visiting the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area.

As an example, a currently proposed YNG-IAD connection will deplane approximately 17,250 passengers, of which 3,450 

(20%) will be visitors to the region. These visitors will spend approximately 10,350 visitor days in our community. The

estimation for average visitor expenditures during their stay in the region is calculated below. (Note: This estimation only 

includes travel related expenditures)

Exhibit 5.1 - Visitor Expenditures for New YNG Daily Service

Estimated Visitors 3,450

Estimated Visitor Days in Mahoning Valley 10,350

Average Hotel Expenditure $103

Average Other Daily Expenditures $70

New Visitor Expenditures $1,790,550

The reestablishment of regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG is expected to create 6-8 jobs in the 

customer service and ground handling areas. Additional jobs for ancillary services such as car rental, restaurant, and

security operations at YNG may also be created. In addition, according to an Ohio Airports economic impact report, for each $1

million spent by air carrier visitors in Ohio, approximately 17 full-time positions are created in the local economy. By using the 

factor of 17, this service will support the creation of 30 new jobs with a payroll of $975,000.

Furthermore, the induced effects of the visitor expenditures will lead to an additional $1.1 million in economic growth and 19

additional full-time-positions with a payroll of $698,939. The combined economic stimulus created through the direct and 

induced impact of the new service is $2,911,434 in economic growth and the creation of 49 full-time-positions with a payroll 

of $1,672,998.

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Utica Shale Boom Preparation - Major Investments

Exhibit 6.1 - Ohio Utica Shale Map - Ohio Department of Natural Resources

In April 2012, the 

Ohio Department of

Natural Resources released 

the map found in Exhibit 

6.1 which shows the prospects of oil and gas yields 

throughout Northeast and 

Eastern Ohio. The map 

indicates that oil and gas 

yields across Mahoning 

and Trumbull County are 

anticipated be “Very Good” 

to “Excellent” in returns. 

This finding, coupled with 

the shallow depth of the Utica Shale in the YoungstownWarren - Sharon area, 

puts the region at the

epicenter of the

Utica Shale gas and oil

energy production in

Northeast Ohio. 

Drilling activities across Ohio in the areas shaded in yellow-to-red are expected to take-off significantly through 2014. 

According to the Ohio Shale Coalition, as of May 2012, 65 wells have been drilled in Ohio. By the end of 2013, the number 

of wells drilled across Northeastern and Eastern Ohio is expected to reach 850. That number will increase into the several 

thousands by the end of 2014 according to the Coalition. 

Exhibit 6.2 - Economic Impact of Utica Shale Development in Ohio

2012 2013 2014

Value Added $878,982,133 $2,980,378,198 $4,857,632,095

Employment 12,150 40,606 65,680

Labor Income $571,543,463 $1,994,216,405 $3,298,757,195

Output $1,667,574,417 $5,823,268,396 $9,642,544,988

Total State/Local Taxes $73,422,148 $271,539,607 $433,528,922

As shown in Exhibit 6.2, billions of dollars of economic output is expected to enter the Eastern and Northeastern Ohio

economies through 2014 once drilling is accelerated. A large percentage of this economic output will be centered on the 

yellow-to-red areas on the map in Exhibit 6.1, which includes Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, and the Youngstown-Warren 

Regional Airport. Therefore, the return of scheduled commercial air service at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport

becomes even more essential to the community as it will be urgently needed in the near future to meet the air service

demands of the energy companies and the thousands of transient workers who will enter the region. 

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Utica Shale Boom Preparation - Major Investments (Continued)

CNN Money, in a video piece on oil and shale development in January 2012, said

“America’s next boom town is.......... Youngstown.”

Exhibit 7.1 - Utica Shale “Pre-Drilling” Youngstown-Warren-Sharon Area Investments

Business Investment County

Chesapeake Energy (Construction of Natural Gas Processing Facility) $900 million Columbiana

Vallourec & Mannesmannn (Construction of Pipe Manufacturing Plant) $650 million Mahoning

British Petroleum (Oil & Gas Leases Signing Bonuses Trumbull County) $330 million Trumbull

British Petroleum (Oil & Gas Leases Signing Bonuses Mahoning/Columbiana County) $205 million Mahoning/Columbiana

VAM USA (Expansion of Existing Pipe Manufacturing Plant) $57 million Mahoning

Exterran (Construction of Natural Gas Processing Facility) $13 million Mahoning

Wheatland Tube (Expansion of Existing Pipe Manufacturing Plant) $11.4 million Trumbull

TMK-IPSCO (Oil & Gas Well Drilling Products and Services) $10 million Trumbull

Weatherford International (Oil & Gas Well Drilling Products and Services) $3.4 million Mahoning

Dearing Pump (Expansion of Existing Gas & Oil Drilling Pump and Compressor Plant) $3 million Mahoning

Ohio Department of Development (Railroad Enhancements) $2 million Trumbull

DeCal (Expansion of Existing Gas & Oil Drilling Mechanical Fabrication Plant) $1.3 million Mahoning

Total Investment $2.186 billion

The Northeast Ohio / Northwest Pennsylvania region is on track to become a hotbed of innovation, one that which will almost 

certainly focus on 21st century manufacturing. The catalyst for this is the oil and gas energy production based on the fact 

that Youngstown-Warren-Sharon region sits above the massive geophysical Marcellus and Utica Shale structure formations 

located thousands of feet below the surface. These shale layers are richly endowed with billions of barrels of liquid and 

gaseous hydrocarbons and hydro-fracking allows possible practical access to the resources. To date, $2.186 billion in “predrilling” investments have been “publicly announced” in the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area for new manufacturing facilities, 

pipelines, lease signing bonuses, railroads, etc. directly related to oil and gas energy production. Many additional multi-million 

dollar projects have been publicly discussed and are anticipated in the near future.

The oil and gas energy production in Northeast Ohio will attract many visitors to the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area to

support such operations. According to a 2011 study prepared for the Ohio Governor’s Office, 204,500 new jobs are

anticipated to be created in Eastern and Northeastern Ohio by 2015 to support Utica Shale oil and gas energy production. It 

is expected that the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area will be a regional supply chain center for oil and gas energy product. 

Recently, to meet the anticipated demand of visitors to the area, 4 national hotel chains announced the construction of new 

hotels in the region.

The Lycoming County Airport in Williamsport, Pennsylvania is an Essential Airline Service funded non-hub commercial

service / general aviation airport with three daily commercial passenger flights to Philadelphia using 34-seat turboprop

aircraft and is very similar in size and use as the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. In 2008, Marcellus Shale oil and 

gas energy production began and now the Airport is known for its support of such operations in its region. The Airport has

experienced a dramatic increase in air service with about one-third of its commercial air service being used for Marcellus Shale 

related operations. The Airport is now in the midst of acquiring additional scheduled commercial air service to provide energy

companies better services to the cities they want to travel to and from. The activities at the Lycoming County Airport provide a

strong indication of what the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport can expect as energy companies continue leasing land and

soon begin drilling into the Utica Shale formation.

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Air Service Environment

The Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport is located in Trumbull County in Northeastern Ohio approximately 68 miles

northeast of Akron-Canton Airport, 70 miles southeast of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, and 67 miles northwest of 

Pittsburgh International Airport. 

YNG’s primary catchment area contains at least a portion of six counties in Ohio and four counties in Pennsylvania and has 

a population of 682,767. Additionally, road networks overlaid with socio-economic data further redefines and reasonably

extends the primary catchment area, thus incorporating an additional population of 509,426, providing an aggregate

marketing area with a population of approximately 1.2 million. Coupling these numbers with the recent trend of high-income 

population from Cleveland and Pittsburgh moving into closer proximity of YNG, provides additional opportunity for a network 

carrier’s success at YNG.

Within a 90 mile radius of the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, there are over 7.5 million people. 

Exhibit 8.1 - Catchment Area

Site Demographics

The following contains additional demographics for the Youngstown/Warren/Sharon, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area 

utilizing data from the 2010 U.S. Census.

= Female Population (x 51.7%) 344,212

= Male Population (x 48.3%) 321,575

= Population Density 323 per square mile

= Population Median Age 42.1 years old

= Total Employees 386,505

= Total Establishments 21,358

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Air Service Environment (Continued)

Exhibit 9.1 displays the existing air service options from the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. The following

summarizes the schedule and frequency of the air service options:

= Allegiant Air provides twice-a-week year-round service to the Orlando-Sanford International Airport on

MD-83 aircraft.

= Allegiant Air provides twice-a-week year-round service to the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport on 

MD-83 aircraft. 

= Allegiant Air provides twice-a-week service to the Myrtle Beach International Airport on a seasonal basis from 

May through September on MD-83 aircraft. The service is expanded to four flights per week in June and July of 

2012.

= Total Rewards Air, through Caesars Entertainment, provides twice-a month charter service on Boeing 737 

aircraft to the Atlantic City International Airport.

= Additional charter airline service is offered on a monthly basis to the Tunica Airport and the Gulfport/Biloxi 

International Airport.

Exhibit 9.1 - Existing Air Service

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Leakage Study

According to year ending 3Q 2011 MIDT Passenger Booking Data, the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport retained just 

22% of the total Youngstown/Warren/Sharon O&D Market with leakage of 209,576 passengers. The entire passenger

retention is from low frequency leisure commercial air service aboard Allegiant Air. In addition, according to year ending 1Q 

2011 MIDT Passenger Booking Data, approximately 63% of the leakage is to business travel destinations. 

Exhibit 10.1 - O&D Passenger Leakage

As reflected in Exhibit 10.2, YNG’s leakage is being served primarily by Pittsburgh International Airport, Cleveland Hopkins 

International Airport, Detroit Metro Airport, and Akron-Canton Airport.

Exhibit 10.2 - O&D Passenger Leakage by Airport

Airport Passengers % of Passenger Leakage

Pittsburgh International Airport 103,013 49%

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport 69,369 33%

Detroit Metro Airport 21,914 11%

Akron-Canton Airport 14,477 7%

Other Airports 804 0%

Because approximately 63% of YNG’s leakage is to business travel destinations, such leakage is serviced primarily by

regularly scheduled commercial air service on network carriers such as United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, 

and US Airways. Therefore, it is reasonable to believe that YNG can retain a significant percentage of its leakage with

regularly scheduled commercial air service to the hubs of network carriers such as Washington – Dulles and Chicago – 

O’Hare.

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Leakage Study (Continued)

Exhibit 11.1 - Catchment Leakage Served by United Airlines at Washington Dulles and Chicago O’Hare

Business Air Travel Survey

Analysis 2 - Business Air-Travel Demand

The Western Reserve Port Authority conducted an air-travel business survey (YNG 2012 Business Air-Travel Survey) to 

update the air-travel tendencies of businesses in the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon metropolitan area. The Youngstown/

Warren Regional Chamber made available a listing of its members, representing 2,379 businesses and approximately 84,987 

employees, within the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area. This listing provided the population for the survey. Surveys were 

distributed to 750 businesses of random size and industry, representing a sample of 32% of the population. 308 surveys were 

responded to of the 750 surveys distributed, representing a 41% response rate of the sample.

Certain issues and their corresponding responses were excerpted from the survey results for the purposes of this analysis. 

Included in the survey were requests for opinions on the below-mentioned points of focus based on the following assumptions:

Assuming YNG offered daily commercial air service that offered the following:

= 2 – 3 daily flights connecting to one or more airport hubs

= Flown by regional aircraft (34 -70 seat aircraft)

= Offered connecting flights to all major domestic and international destinations

= Priced competitively at prices similar to surrounding airports

Air-Travel Ticket Purchases

The survey asked participants to respond to “what is the approximate number of roundtrip airline tickets purchased by your 

company in 2011.” The total of all responses was 8,532. The survey asked participants to respond to “what is the estimated 

number of roundtrip airline tickets your company will purchase annually if able to fly from YNG.” The total of all responses was 

5,829. Therefore, area businesses responding estimate that approximately 68% of their company’s roundtrip airline tickets 

would be purchased to fly from YNG. Furthermore, by extrapolating the estimated number of roundtrip airline tickets that 

area businesses responding will purchase annually if able to fly from YNG to the total population sampled for the survey, it is 

estimated that the total population sampled will purchase 45,011 roundtrip airline tickets annually to fly from YNG.

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Business Air Travel Survey (Continued)

 308 Businesses Responding to Survey Question

 ÷ 2,379 Total Population Sampled

 .1295 Response Factor

 5,829 Respondents Estimate of YNG Annual Roundtrip Ticket Purchases

 ÷ .1295 Response Factor

 45,011 Estimate of Total Population Sampled YNG Annual Roundtrip Ticket Purchases

Please note that for the purposes of this survey that the total population sampled only represents Youngstown-WarrenSharon area businesses that are members of the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber and does not consider all

businesses and organizations in the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area. Therefore, these estimates are very conservative since 

the total population sampled represents only 2,379 businesses and approximately 84,987 employees within the YoungstownWarren-Sharon area, which is approximately 22% of the businesses (labor force) within the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area 

(2010 U.S. Census Bureau Demographic Profile Reports). If it is estimated that the total population sampled will purchase 

47,901 roundtrip tickets annually to fly from YNG then it may be factored that the aggregate of businesses (labor force) within 

the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area will purchase 195,700 roundtrip tickets annually to fly from YNG.

 45,011 Estimate of Total Population Sampled YNG Annual Roundtrip Ticket Purchases

 ÷ .23 23% Sample vs. Aggregate Factor

 195,700 Estimate of Aggregate Businesses YNG Annual Roundtrip Ticket Purchases 

Air-Travel Expenditures

The survey asked participants to respond to “what is the approximate annual budget for air-travel expenditures your company 

will spend annually to fly from YNG.” 253 (82%) of the respondents provided amounts to this issue. The total estimated 

minimum air-travel dollars of all responses was $1,572,620 and the total maximum air-travel dollars of all responses was 

$1,878,540. Furthermore, by extrapolating the estimated minimum and maximum amounts of air-travel dollars that area

businesses responding will spend annually if able to fly from YNG to the total population sampled for the survey, it is

reasonable to estimate that the total population sampled will expend a minimum air-travel dollars of $14,794,167 and a

maximum air-travel dollars of $17,672,060 annually to fly from YNG. 

 253 Businesses Responding to Survey Question

 ÷ 2,379 Total Population Sampled

 .1063 Response Factor

 $1,572,620 Respondents Estimate of YNG Annual Air-Travel Ticket Expenditures

 ÷ .1063 Response Factor

 $14,794,167 Estimate of Total Population Sampled Minimum YNG Annual Air-Travel Expenditures

 $1,878,540 Respondents Estimate of Maximum YNG Annual Air-Travel Expenditures

 ÷ .1063 Response Factor

 $17,672,060 Estimate of Total Population Sampled Maximum YNG Annual Air-Travel Expenditures

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Business Air Travel Survey (Continued)

Air-Travel Increase

The survey asked participants to respond to “would your company’s air-travel increase if YNG offered services to meet your 

air-travel needs.” 166 (54%) of the respondents stated that their company’s air-travel would increase and 142 (46%) of the 

respondents stated that their company’s air-travel would not increase.

Of those respondents who stated that their company’s air-travel would increase, the survey asked them to respond to “by 

approximately what amount would your company’s air-travel increase.” The average of the respondents’ stated increase was 

29%.

Therefore, based upon 54% of the respondents stating that their company’s air-travel would increase by an average of 29%, 

it is reasonable to estimate that business air-travel in the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area as a whole will increase by 16% 

(54% x 29%) if YNG offered services to meet area business air-travelers’ needs.

Air-Travel Arrangement Factors

The survey provided a list of 8 popular factors that are considered in air-travel arrangements and asked participants to “rank 

in order of importance (with #1 being the most important), the top considerations of your Company’s air-travel arrangement 

decisions.” The respondents‘ 1st and 2nd most important factors, the number of responses to each, and the percentages of 

total responses to each follow: 

 Most Important Factor Percentage

 Ticket pricing 42%

 Drive time to airport 27%

Number of daily flights 19%

 Other (Less than 20 responses@) 12%

 2nd Most Important Factor Percentage

 Drive time to airport 31%

Number of daily flights 21%

 Ticket pricing 19%

 Ease of check-in 16%

 Other (Less than 20 responses@) 13%

Airport Hub Destinations

The survey asked participants to respond to “which airport hubs would your company employees prefer to fly to most often, 

if the flight operated at YNG, and rank in order of estimated frequency (with #1 being the most frequent).” The respondents’ 

most preferred airport, the number of responses, and the percentages of total responses follow: 

 Airport Hub Percentage

 Chicago (ORD) 34%

 Dulles (IAD) 21%

 Detroit (DTW) 12%

 Newark (EWR) 9%

 Charlotte (CLT) 8%

 Atlanta (ATL) 6%

 Philadelphia (PHL) 6%

 Other (Less than 20 responses@) 4%

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Business Air Travel Survey (Continued)

Projected Aggregate Businesses Annual Roundtrip Ticket Purchases

By applying the above percentages of the preferred airport hub destinations that businesses would fly to most often if able to 

fly from YNG, against the estimate of 195,700 annual roundtrip tickets that the aggregate of businesses (labor force) within 

the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area will purchase, it is reasonable to project the annual roundtrip tickets that businesses will 

purchase to each of these preferred airport hub destinations, as reflected in exhibit 14.1.

Exhibit 14.1 - Projected Aggregate Businesses Annual Roundtrip Ticket Purchases by Hub Airport

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Exhibit 15.1 - Strategic Route Planning Map

In summary, the results of the Business Air-Travel Survey provide support, that because of anticipated time and money

savings, that businesses in the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area have indicated strong support for the return of frequent

regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG to a hub of a major U.S. airline in the East, Midwest, or Southwest U.S., 

more specifically to Chicago (ORD) and Dulles (IAD). Additionally, the results reflect that a generally higher proportionate 

share of YNG’s core air market segment bookings may be business air-travelers which can be considered as a beneficial 

attribute for prospective network carriers as the YNG core business air-travel segment is significant enough to more than 

support such air service. The business traveler is generally the preferred customer to network carriers as this segment also 

purchases a significant percent of its tickets at a full Y fare level (fully refundable) - the highest economy class fare level and 

because of their discretionary fare behavior and last-minute buying characteristics. 

Not considered in the consequential projections of the Leakage Studies and the Business Air-Travel Survey, is the demand 

for air service at YNG by gas and oil production energy companies and the thousands of transient workers who will enter the 

region due to the Utica Shale play. As stated previously, the Lycoming County Airport has experienced a dramatic increase 

in air service with about one-third of its commercial air service being used for Marcellus Shale related operations and is now 

in the midst of acquiring additional scheduled commercial air service to provide energy companies better services to the cities they want to travel to and from. Gas and oil production energy companies, such as BP America, Chesapeake Energy, 

and Carrizo Oil, are in the infantile stages of their operations in Northeastern Ohio and have already inquired as to if YNG

can connect these companies to their headquarters in Houston, Oklahoma City, Dallas, etc., thus punctuating the urgency to 

reestablish frequent regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG.

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Strategic Plan

Strategic Goals

The specific goals of the Community include the following:

= To reestablish regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG to a hub of a major U.S. airline in the

East, Midwest, or Southeast U.S. on aircraft of appropriate size for the market being served.

= To formulate and conduct comprehensive public awareness, marketing, and promotional campaigns in

support of new air service.

= To direct the existing public / private partnership to concentrate on 1) supporting the airline revenue

guarantee program, 2) contributing and executing the public awareness, marketing, and promotional campaigns in 

support of new air service, and 3) continue to attract Community partners to support the collaborative efforts..

Assuming the USDOT awards the SCASDP Grant in September 2012, the Community will undertake an aggressive schedule 

to negotiate an agreement for air service and structure an airline revenue guarantee program with a network carrier. The 

milestones of this timeline can be reasonably achieved since the Community is currently in promising negotiations with United 

Airlines through their codeshare partner Silver Airways in providing daily connecting service from YNG to Washington DC 

(IAD) at 2-3 round trip flights per day, including over-nighting of an aircraft for early morning departure times. United Airlines 

and Silver Airways are currently discussing the addition of gates at IAD to add additional new service from IAD, to include 

YNG. In addition, since summer is a peak air-travel season in most markets, the optimal time to initiate air service would be 

May 2013. Should the Community be successful with a SCASDP Grant Award, the schedule of planned major tasks and the 

time frame for performance follows.

Exhibit 16.1 Gannt Chart

The anticipated budget for this proposal is $1,680,000, $1,200,000 to establish an airline revenue guarantee program and 

$480,000 to conduct comprehensive public awareness, marketing, and promotional campaigns. Exhibit 17.1, which reflects a 

profit and loss forecast for the YNG-IAD connection based on moderate expectations, provides the foundation for determining 

the anticipated amount needed to establish an airline revenue guarantee program. Moderate expectations also forecast that 

the YNG-IAD connection will be self-sustaining in the 11th month of operations.

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Strategic Plan (Continued)

Exhibit 17.1 - YNG-IAD Profit and Loss Estimation

Period Pax PDEW Segment 

Fare

Segment 

Revenue

Operating 

Expenses

5% Profit Payments Profit

1st Month 1,295 21 $127.99 $165,704 $357,501 $17,875 ($209,672)

2nd Month 1,395 23 $127.99 $178,607 $357,501 $17,875 ($196,769)

3rd Month 1,518 25 $127.99 $194,272 $357,501 $17,875 ($181,105)

4th Month 1,662 27 $127.99 $212,770 $357,501 $17,875 ($162,606)

5th Month 1,828 30 $127.99 $234,018 $357,501 $17,875 ($141,358)

6th Month 2,014 33 $127.99 $257,757 $357,501 $17,875 ($117,619)

7th Month 2,215 36 $127.99 $283,554 $357,501 $17,875 ($91,822)

8th Month 2,428 40 $127.99 $310,821 $357,501 $17,875 ($64,555)

9th Month 2,647 44 $127.99 $338,854 $357,501 $17,875 ($36,522)

10th Month 2,866 47 $127.99 $366,888 $357,501 $17,875 ($8,489)

11th Month 3,080 51 $127.99 $394,155 $357,501 $17,875 $18,778 

12th Month 3,281 54 $127.99 $419,952 $357,501 $17,875 $44,575 

Year 1 Total 26,231 36 $127.99 $3,357,350 $4,290,014 $214,501 ($1,210,518) $63,354 

Public Awareness - Marketing - Promotional Campaigns

In the last 18 months, the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, YNGAir Partners, the Youngstown/Warren Regional

Chamber, and other Community organizations, partnered to conduct an extensive public awareness/promotional campaign 

supporting YNG. The success of Allegiant Air, the significant increase in private charter, corporate, and general aviation

activity, the increase in non-aeronautical activity surrounding YNG, and the heightened general community support of YNG

are resultant of this collaborative effort. Once the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport and a network carrier have finalized an agreement for regularly scheduled commercial air service, these same partners will launch comprehensive public 

awareness, marketing, and promotional campaigns in support of the new air service. These campaigns will comprise of four 

components: 

1. Earned Media

a. Upon signing of the agreement:

 1. Conduct a press conference at YNG to announce the start-up of the new air service. Attendees will 

 include:

 a. YNG and Western Reserve Port Authority officials

b. Network carrier officials

c. State and local public officials and community leaders

 2. Issue press releases to local, state, and national media announcing the start-up of the new air

 service.

 3. Arrange one-on-one interviews with local media for YNG, network carrier, and state and local public 

officials.

b. On first day of air service:

 1. Arrange for local morning news shows to broadcast from YNG.

 2. Arrange a remote radio broadcast.

 3. Conduct press conference at YNG at the time of the first flight.

 4. Arrange one-on-one interviews with YNG officials, network airline representatives, and passengers.

 5. Issue press release to local, state, and national media.

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c. Ongoing earned media:

1. Monthly press releases featuring news about the air service including success of the flights

2. Paid media directed at the general public

a. TV, radio, and print ads in markets within a 45-mile radius of YNG. Ads will begin to run 

 approximately three months before initiation of service and will continue for twelve months 

after the first flight.

 1. TV spots will appear on the four Youngstown-based network TV outlets and the 

 Time-Warner and Comcast cable systems that serve the market area. Most spots 

 will run on shows popular with business travelers.

 2. Radio spots on stations within the market area that reach business travelers

 3. Print ads in the Vindicator, Warren Tribune Chronicle, Sharon Herald, and 

 Youngstown Business Journal.

3. Paid media specifically targeted to business travelers

a. Direct mail piece to members of the Regional Chamber and YNGAir Partner (membership 

 rolls collectively exceed 2,500). Mail pieces will be sent three months before service

 begins, at start-up, and one month after air service is underway.

b. E-mail blasts to members of the Regional Chamber and YNGAir Partner two months and 

 one month before air service begins, at start-up, and monthly thereafter.

4. Digital Marketing/Social Media

a. Notice of agreement will be posted on YNG, Regional Chamber, and YNGAir Partners web 

 sites and Facebook pages

b. Press conferences and other events surrounding the first flight will be live streamed on 

 YNG website

c. Schedule and real time flight information will be posted on YNG website and

 Facebook page.

In addition, the Convention and Visitors Bureaus of Mahoning, Mercer, and Trumbull Counties will augment the above

campaigns by communicating to potential visitors to the Community that air service has returned to YNG and to consider air 

service as a travel option.

Public/Private Partnership

Recognizing that the development and success of the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, most importantly the return 

of regularly scheduled commercial air service, is one of the primary economic development issues that the region must

overcome to return to economic prominence, community leaders created YNGAir Partners, an organization whose

membership has vested a civic desire to assist in the development of YNG including the resumption of regularly scheduled 

commercial air service. YNGAir Partners is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization providing community-based support for the 

Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. As the face of the community, YNGAir Partners acts on behalf of the community to

support 1) the return of regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG, 2) YNG’s plan for capital development, 3) the

sustaining and expansion of leisure, corporate, and general aviation air service at YNG, and 4) the solicitation of donations and 

grants on behalf of YNG. YNGAir Partners is comprised of local public officials, area business and community leaders, and other

energetic members of the community who participate throughout the region by 1) arranging community and business

speaking engagements, 2) conducting rallies and special events, 3) managing fundraising events, 4) providing local matching 

funding for grants and loans, 5) promoting YNG on social media sites, and 6) acting as a marketing arm for YNG.

Also, the Western Reserve Port Authority, Mahoning County, Trumbull County, and the Youngstown/Warren Regional

Chamber have become strong partners with YNG in its continued efforts to develop the Airport, most importantly to return 

regularly scheduled commercial air service to the community. 

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During the past 2 years, these entities have collaborated with YNG, working aggressively to attract network carriers to YNG

and have all invested significant financial and human resources to analyze the local air service market, educate network carriers regarding the region, and promote and market YNG as a viable facility for commercial airline service. These entities 

maintain a committed partnership and believe the SCASDP is a great opportunity to help further YNG’s air service development efforts.

Upon the award of a SCASDP grant, all of the above and other organizations will contribute to the overall efforts of returning 

regularly scheduled commercial air service to YNG at varying levels. Roles and responsibilities will include:

Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport

Act as legal sponsor; administrate the SCASDP grant; make direct cost operating concessions to the network carrier; and 

coordinate the efforts of the community.

Mahoning and Trumbull Counties

Provide the local cash financial contribution toward the airline revenue guarantee program. 

Western Reserve Port Authority

Provide the local cash financial contribution toward the airline revenue guarantee program and contribute hard dollars toward 

the promotional and marketing campaigns.

Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber

Provide in-kind marketing by promoting new air service at its core events (annual meeting, economic forecast breakfasts, 

other large events, etc.); promoting the utilization of the new air service to its membership including encouraging enrolling in 

the network carrier’s frequent flyer program and corresponding credit card program; utilizing the Chamber’s media outreach 

to continually promote the new air service through its magazine, monthly e-newsletters, and social media; and ensure that its 

business members who travel frequently have significant interaction with the network carrier and their sales representatives 

encourage increased business travel out of YNG.

YNGAir Partners

YNGAir Partners will provide the local cash financial contribution toward the airline revenue guarantee program and contribute 

hard dollars toward the promotional and marketing campaigns. 

Rubenstein and Associates Media Relations

Formulate separate comprehensive public awareness and promotional campaigns through earned, print, radio, and

television media; develop digital marketing / social media mechanisms; formulate the marketing campaign though earned and

print media; arrange for in-kind contributions from media partners; and contribute staff time and in-kind media contributions.

Clear Channel Communications Youngstown

Formulate the marketing campaign through local radio and television media and contribute staff time and in-kind media

contributions

Mahoning, Mercer, and Trumbull Counties’ Convention and Visitors Bureaus

Contribute to the public awareness and promotional campaigns by focusing primarily on communicating to potential visitors to 

the community that air service has returned to YNG and contribute staff time and in-kind media contributions.

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Request for Funds

Federal Request

The Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, on behalf of the Community, is requesting $780,000 to support the $1,200,000 

airline revenue guarantee program structured and adequate to attract regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG by 

a network carrier.

Should this proposal result in a successful SCASDP grant award for an airline revenue guarantee program, and a network 

carrier initiates regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG that does not become self-sustaining, the Community will 

undertake efforts to generate the additional financial support necessary to augment the airline revenue guarantee program 

and to amplify its public awareness, marketing, and promotional campaign efforts. 

Community Support

The Western Reserve Port Authority, Mahoning County, Trumbull County, and YNGAir Partners will provide collectively the 

$420,000 local cash contribution toward the airline revenue guarantee program. The Western Reserve Port Authority and 

YNGAir Partners will contribute hard dollars necessary for the public awareness, marketing, and promotional campaigns.

YNGAir Partners will monitor the network carrier’s performance and undertake passenger surveys and other research

techniques to increase its understanding of passenger behavior from which it will derive ideas regarding possible airport

services and amenities that could improve the overall air-travel experience at YNG. The results will be shared with the

network carrier to take advantage of all opportunities.

As one of its most important initiatives, YNGAir Partners will continue aggressively to attract community partners and to solicit 

donations and in-kind services to support YNG’s efforts.

Sponsoring Agency Responsibility

The Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, as the legal sponsor of this grant, will be responsible for the overall

administration of the SCASDP grant award. YNG will provide progress reports required by the USDOT, and will summarize 

the relevant accounting information regarding expended funds and in-kind services. These periodic reports will also include 

a progress report regarding the network carrier’s operational performance and the effectiveness of the local marketing and

advertising campaign. In addition, YNG will provide a 2-year abatement of landing, passenger boarding bridge, and gate fees

and terminal office and ticket counter rents. Finally, YNG will communicate with all of the oil and gas energy companies

operating in the region to facilitate their air travel needs for the thousands of their transient employees.

In all, it is conceivable that in excess of $1 million dollars in hard dollars and in-kind services will be provided by the

Community in a collaborative and focused effort to promote regularly scheduled commercial air service at YNG.

Summary

The Community of the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon Metropolitan area is focused and committed toward reestablishing and 

sustaining a much needed and critical aspect of its transportation system. The return of regularly scheduled commercial air 

service at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport has been identified collectively by government and community, as one 

of the primary economic development issues that the region must overcome to achieve its vision of providing a competitive

economic base that will provide good paying jobs to ensure a high personal standard of living, and punctuates the

commitment on the part of government and community to assist in the development of such air service. In addition, the

demand for air service at YNG by gas and oil production energy companies and the thousands of transient workers who will 

enter the region due to the Utica Shale play is a critical component of the region’s economic growth. Gas and oil production 

energy companies, such as BP America, Chesapeake Energy, and Carrizo Oil, are in the infantile stages of their operations 

in Northeastern Ohio and have already inquired as to if YNG can connect these companies to their headquarters in Houston, 

Oklahoma City, Dallas, etc.. 

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Summary (Continued)

Without regularly scheduled commercial air service, the Community could lose a considerable amount of development and 

infrastructure investment that will go to other areas with adequate air service. At the time of the expiration of the Community’s 

2007 SCASDP grant, expressed interest by United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and US Airways to provide the type of air service 

sought by the community to support Utica Shale operations increased significantly.

In summary, should the Community be awarded this grant, the Community will regularly monitor air service performance at 

YNG as well as ongoing measurements of the effectiveness of the public awareness, marketing, and promotional campaign 

efforts. Today, with the current and favorable results being experienced by Allegiant Air, along with the knowledge of the

potential YNG has in reestablishing regularly scheduled commercial air service, the Community and its leaders are extremely 

excited about the future of the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. In the end, all federal grant funds received by the

Community under the SCASDP Grant program will be spent carefully and efficiently, with an eye toward generating maximum 

benefit for the traveling public of Youngstown-Warren-Sharon area.

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