The
Lansing State Journal cheerleads the Wayne County "airport city" for its potential to create jobs and the cooperative nature of its backers.
Excerpt:
A similar project at Amsterdam's Schipohl Airport has generated more than
60,000 jobs in the immediate vicinity. Experts like John Kasarda, of
the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North
Carolina, a leading expert on how airports stimulate economic growth,
say that our two airports and the 27,000 acres of developable land
between them represent some of the greatest potential on the globe.
That could be exactly what the doctor ordered for this economically
challenged state. But beyond that, this story is interesting because it
suggests that after many years of pawing the ground, the effort to
develop Airport City is actually gaining some serious traction.
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