Southern Illinois Airport holds open house to showcase new businesses

MURPHYSBORO, Ailing. (KFVS) -Many new companies and a serious financial impression is going on in southern Illinois on the Southern Illinois Airport.

Friday afternoon, the airport held an open home to showcase all the brand new companies.

“It’s an thrilling alternative,” mentioned Marc Burton, CEO Essential MRO.

Essential MRO is likely one of the new companies on the airport. They specialise in fixing business airways.

“No person that I do know of is doing what we’re doing proper now. Attempting to do this. Like I mentioned it’s uncommon being in the midst of the nation,” mentioned Burton.

In line with the airport supervisor, within the final 12 months and a half, eight new companies now name the airport dwelling.

“We’re a spot the place aviation and non aviation enterprise wish to be. And we welcome all of them and we discover a approach to work with all of them to make factor a potential,” mentioned Gary Shafer, Airport Supervisor.

Within the final 12 months and a half, About $26 million price of growth and 6 new buildings have been added.

However Shafer says this has been within the works for fairly a while.

“We had mapped out a campus that doesn’t look a lot totally different than this a few years in the past. Then making this stuff a actuality is the place the challenges lie,” mentioned Shafer.

Domestically, the airport additionally dumps greater than $120 million into the native financial system.

However the airport is increasing as quick as a jet takes off.

“My downside is, that the airport has constructed a lot capability right here on the sector and but I don’t have a single sq. foot to lease out proper now. We’re fully full,” mentioned Shafer.

And for Essential MRO their firm is glad to be on the airport area.

“It’s simply nice being right here and the setting, the individuals and every little thing is simply wonderful right here,” mentioned Burton.

In line with the Airport Supervisor, Within the subsequent few weeks, 3 extra companies might be introduced on the airport and several other new buildings are being designed.

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