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Article: Airport authority needed to market properties. (North Bay).(North Bay city council contemplates airport authority for Jack Garland Airport)
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- Northern Ontario Business
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- October 1, 2002
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Seeking to develop North Bay's Jack Garland Airport to its fullest potential, city council is leaning toward the creation of an airport authority.
The city's five-year contract with a private company, ATCO Airports, which runs the airport's day-to-day operations, draws to a close in late January 2003 and city council wants some kind of governance body installed to take on additional projects, including the marketing of the facility and greenfield development.
"There are a number of options available to us, including a Transport Canada framework that exists for airport authority, which we're using as a guideline," says Susan Church, a North Bay city ...