“We are looking to create a new parking lot,” show organizers said in an application to the Dayton Region Priority Development & Advocacy Committee. “We’ve experienced flooded lots in past years which has significantly impacted our show as we’ve had to implement remote parking.”
The committee, sometimes called “PDAC,” recently asked for ideas and projects worthy of lobbying for government funding. The committee web site lays out requests and ideas in several areas, including defense, health care, education, economic development, transportation and others.
“Remote parking significantly increases our costs because we have to shuttle everyone,” the air show said in its PDAC application. “It also has a negative impact on the local economy because people are unable to attend the show and cannot spend time in the local community due to traffic delays.”
The application puts the funding amount at $606,000. The money will be used for land acquisition, the application says, adding: “The new parking lot will keep the air show in the community to continue to have a significant economic impact on the local community.”
New PDAC project submissions are open for public comment. The public comment period will end Dec. 1. More information can be found here.
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