Elizabethtown, Kentucky(October 25, 2006) – The Elizabethtown Airport Board today announced its intent to restore commercial airline service to Addington Field. Such service would be the first at the airport since 1987 when both Piedmont Airlines and Delta Air Lines served the field with commuter flights to Dayton and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, respectively.
For Immediate Release
Elizabethtown Airport Board to Seek Commercial Airline Service
Project Responds to Area Requests and Recognizes Significant Growth Underway in City, Ft. Knox
Elizabethtown, Kentucky(October 25, 2006) – The Elizabethtown Airport Board today announced its intent to restore commercial airline service to Addington Field. Such service would be the first at the airport since 1987 when both Piedmont Airlines and Delta Air Lines served the field with commuter flights to Dayton and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, respectively.
Joe Yates, Chairman of the Elizabethtown Airport Board stated that the Board decided to take this action as the result of numerous inquiries from area residents and businesses requesting that service be restored to the airport.
During the past year, the Board hired L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC, a Louisville-based consulting firm to conduct a feasibility study to determine the existence of a regional market for commercial airline service. The study was recently completed and the findings were presented to the Board.
Upon review of the findings, the Board decided to proceed to the project’s next phase, which will include building regional support for the project, addressing airport infrastructure issues, recruiting one or more airlines to start service to the airport and to develop passenger promotion strategies. The Board will target regional jet service aligned with a major carrier to one or more major connecting hubs. L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC will continue to provide assistance to the Board on all phases of the project.
Mr. Yates commented, “The Elizabethtown Airport Board has received many inquiries about restoring service to Addington Field. The Board conducted a market feasibility study and determined that a market does indeed exist.”
“The Board also recognizes the substantial growth that is occurring throughout the region – especially within the Elizabethtown Metro Area – and with BRAC. Fort Knox, which has always been a heavy user of commercial airline service, will continue to be a frequent user of airline service as the new Commands arrive on Post and also while the Armor Center transitions out toFt. Benning,” Yates observed.
Elizabethtown has developed as a major regional center which provides significant services in the areas of education, employment, health care and shopping. Mr. Yates stated that the Board believes that Elizabethtown can now also become a regional center for commercial airline service as well. The city’s central location will provide for both travel cost and time savings to area travelers when it comes to commercial air travel.
More importantly, Yates stated, the successful development of commercial airline service will provide many significant benefits to the region, including:
- Connect Elizabethtown, Ft. Knox and Central Kentucky to the global economy in a new and more efficient manner
- Provide Fort Knox personnel with almost immediate access to the nation’s air travel system
- Provide area economic development officials with a new tool which will make the region more attractive to potential new business and industry, thereby assisting in creating hundreds if not thousands of new jobs
The project is expected to take several months.
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC has moved its offices from Charlotte, North Carolina to Louisville, Kentucky.
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC has moved its offices from Charlotte, North Carolina to Louisville, Kentucky. The move provides the company with a more centralized location from which to conduct business, and recognizes a growing base of clients in the central part of the United States. Louisville provides a cost-efficient location for LBS&A with access to a major international airport.
The company’s new address is:
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC
6316 Innisbrook Drive
Prospect, Kentucky 40059 USA
+ 1.502.292.2898 (Office)
+ 1.502.292.2899 (FAX)
+ 1.502.718.6342 (Mobile)
lbschmidt@lbschmidt.com (E-Mail)
www.lbschmidt.com (Web)
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC (LBS&A) has been selected for a regional economic development project designed to develop passenger airline service at the Elizabethtown (KY) airport.
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC (LBS&A) has been selected for a major economic development project by the Elizabethtown (KY) Airport Board. The Elizabethtown Airport Board manages the City’s regional airport and this new project represents the second project that the client has retained LBS&A to conduct.
The project follows-up an extensive market research assignment and centers on the development of passenger airline service at the client’s airport. The project will include regional outreach to elected and business officials, the development of collateral materials (including a Web site), the actual recruitment of one or more passenger airlines, assistance in the area of airport infrastructure issues and the development of passenger recruitment strategies.
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC has been selected by a California-based manufacturing company to develop a global recycling system for its products.
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC has been selected by a California-based manufacturing company to develop a global recycling system for its products. The appointment represents the company’s first assignment outside of North America. The project, which is related to the field of energy distribution, will start first in Europe and will ultimately expand to include North America and Asia.
The assignment will include an analysis of existing recycling operations, the development of end-use recycling markets for the company’s products, the development of logistical systems for retrieving the products and moving them to end-use markets and support for the system through multi-lingual communications programs on each continent.
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC President Luke Schmidt was elected Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sickle Cell Regional Network/Charlotte.
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC President Luke Schmidt was elected Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sickle Cell Regional Network/Charlotte. SCRN is the organization which addresses sickle cell disease issues in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Schmidt was appointed to the Board of Directors earlier in 2005.
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC has completed a strategic review of the Sickle Cell Regional Network/Charlotte (SCRN/Charlotte).
SCRN/Charlotte is the non-profit organization which deals with sickle cell disease issues in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The SCRN/Charlotte strategic review included an examination of the organization’s structure and finances and also included key stakeholder interviews.
Following the compilation of the data, Luke Schmidt led the SCRN/Charlotte Board of Directors in a day-long management retreat which included a review of the findings, Mission Statement and the organization’s vision for the future. The retreat also produced a number of strategic goals to be accomplished over the next two years.
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC (LBS&A) has completed a strategic review and strategic planning assignment for a large manufacturing trade association. LBS&A conducted key stakeholder
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC (LBS&A) has completed a strategic review and strategic planning assignment for a large Atlanta-based manufacturing trade association.
LBS&A conducted key stakeholder interviews throughout the U.S. and Canada. The process included both an extensive external and internal analysis of the organization. At the conclusion of the research phase of the project, LBS&A Company President Luke Schmidt led the organization’s Board of Directors through a two-day management retreat on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
During the retreat, Board members reviewed the project’s findings and discussed the future of the organization. Revisions were made to the organization’s Mission Statement, Vision Statement and the Board established 36 strategic goals to be implemented over the next five years.
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC (LBS&A) was recently selected by a local airport board for the purpose of assisting in the establishment of commercial airline service. The initial
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC (LBS&A) was recently selected by a regional airport board for the purpose of facilitating the establishment of scheduled commercial airline service.
The initial phase of the project will involve extensive market research. This will include a complete analysis of the airport’s 23-county service region and a major military base which is located within the region. The project will establish projections for potential enplanements and will illustrate to the airport board whether or not a potential market for scheduled commercial airline service exists.
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC (LBS&A) has finished work on an extensive document on plastics recycling which will be used by the client’s members on a local basis.
L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC (LBS&A) has finished work on an extensive document on plastics recycling for a large Washington, D.C.-based trade association. The purpose of the document is to provide significant background information on recycling which can be used by the association’s members during their routine course of business.
The project included an analysis of plastic recycling in the United States, including local collection methods such as curbside and drop-off recycling. The project also included information on the top 25 metropolitan recycling programs in the U.S.