A $2 million grant from the Dow Chemical Company will help support the expansion of MBS International Airport in Freeland.
The airport is building a new terminal, with an expected price tag of $48 million.
Dow Chemical Company spokesperson Greg Baldwin says the airport expansion is important for the region.
"It's a very important project to the Great Lakes Bay Region. A modernized MBS Airport terminal is critical for the growth and prosperity for this area. And MBS, when you look at it, is really a gateway to the business opportunities that are already in this region, and that will certainly come to this region. Dow is going to be contributing a total of three million dollars to the MBS Commission. Two million is a grant, and the final million goes toward advertising rights in the new terminal."
Officials from the MBS International Airport say the project is on budget, and the MBS International Airport Commission has pledged not to use local tax dollars for the project. Other funding includes support from the Federal Aviation Administration and state funds.
Officials say they expect the terminal to open on schedule, in 2013.
The airport is building a new terminal, with an expected price tag of $48 million.
Dow Chemical Company spokesperson Greg Baldwin says the airport expansion is important for the region.
"It's a very important project to the Great Lakes Bay Region. A modernized MBS Airport terminal is critical for the growth and prosperity for this area. And MBS, when you look at it, is really a gateway to the business opportunities that are already in this region, and that will certainly come to this region. Dow is going to be contributing a total of three million dollars to the MBS Commission. Two million is a grant, and the final million goes toward advertising rights in the new terminal."
Officials from the MBS International Airport say the project is on budget, and the MBS International Airport Commission has pledged not to use local tax dollars for the project. Other funding includes support from the Federal Aviation Administration and state funds.
Officials say they expect the terminal to open on schedule, in 2013.