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Tom, there were discussions about 25-30 years ago between the Quad Cities
for a regional international airport. The location was somewhere
between Uniontown-Genesee just north of the valley. No one
wanted to give up turf. Incidentally, when a group went back to bid
on Lake Aircraft, the Lewiston folks went into overdrive to land
the business. Their report on the weather at Lewiston showed the
airport to be the least weathered out for eastern Wn and north
Id. Bob Tippet had prepared a great relocation package for the
company. The auction was called by the owner since the owner would
not sell the company, its assets, and intellectual property below
$3,000,000. <br><br>
It seems to me that our area could do much better by working
together and focusing on prosperity, especially for UI. Jerry
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At 06:18 AM 10/15/06, Tom Hansen wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="arial" size=2 color="#000080">Jerry
Weitz stated:<br>
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“Unfortunately, Moscow has a distinct reputation of being anti
business/gridlocked both in action and in deed. A few years ago, I
had UltraDent contact Idaho's Department of Commerce about locating a
dental research facility in Idaho. UltraDent has about 700 employees
world wide and 250,000 square feet of production space. Parameters
were: Close to a University, dependable Airline connections, and cost of
living/quality of life considerations. Boise, CDA were the
recommended sites, not Moscow. UltraDent works with a number of
Universities here and abroad and with the Medical School in Salt Lake.
Thus with this perception, I believe, we, together, can change, retain
Quality of Life, and help UI with 21th Century realities.”<br>
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With the exception of “dependable Airline connections”, Moscow meets the
remaining criteria. With an airport whose only airline Is Horizon
Air, whose only destinations from Moscow are Lewiston and Seattle,
perhaps a regional airport would “fit the bill”. This idea has
surfaced more than once. Why hasn’t it gained any horsepower?<br>
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Tom Hansen<br>
Vandalville, Idaho<br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" color="#000080">"The
Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and
the REALIST adjusts his sails." <br>
- Unknown <br>
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<font face="tahoma" size=2><b> <br>
From:</b> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com
[<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jerry Weitz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 14, 2006 10:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bill London; vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [Vision2020] Moscow-Pullman Highway
going commercial<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"> <br>
Bill, Thanks for your thoughtful response. Today, I was at a
brunch in Pullman, mostly Whitman County business leaders, commissioners,
etc., who agreed that we (The Greater Palouse) ought to combine our
efforts and become much more integrated. There was consensus that
the present Moscow governance is a challenge to deal with and Latah
County officials are not. <br><br>
UI/WSU Presidents and respective EDC's have a forum concerning the
"Knowledge Corridor Concept" on Oct. 23 at Schweitzer's
Event Center. If you want to attend, simply contact the LEDC before
Oct. 20. and maybe we could go together. I also agree that growing
local business is most desirable. In my experience with Lake
Aircraft and recruiting DampSoft to the area, we need to be coached to
another level. Incidentally, both my sons took classes at UI and
WSU although they did not graduate from either. Their experiences were
very favorable.<br><br>
Unfortunately, Moscow has a distinct reputation of being anti
business/gridlocked both in action and in deed. A few years ago, I
had UltraDent contact Idaho's Department of Commerce about locating a
dental research facility in Idaho. UltraDent has about 700 employees
world wide and 250,000 square feet of production space. Parameters
were: Close to a University, dependable Airline connections, and cost of
living/quality of life considerations. Boise, CDA were the
recommended sites, not Moscow. UltraDent works with a number of
Universities here and abroad and with the Medical School in Salt Lake.
Thus with this perception, I believe, we, together, can change, retain
Quality of Life, and help UI with 21th Century realities.<br><br>
GMA is not in the business of finger pointing. Our first public forum,
Developing Trouble, would be an example of the <br>
GMA's committment to balance, public information, and civility.
Anyone can become a member and can become involved. GMA's membership is
approaching 300. <br><br>
The question: where do you think we should go from here?
Jerry </font></blockquote></body>
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