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ONE VALLEY,
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
ONE VISION Kellie Danielson

Air Service Critical to
Flathead Valley
UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
AVERAGE GAS PRICES BY STATE
I
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY STATES N THE JAN. 22 EDITION OF THE FLATHEAD $ 4.0 8 /gal.
HIGHESTHAWAII
(NOV.) Beacon, staf writer Dillon Tabish reported on the col-
LOWEST MONTANA $ 3 . 0 1
12TH LOWEST: Montana 5.2%
laborative eforts of a group of business leaders and or- /gal.
ganizations in the county launching an initiative to afect
the preservation and enhancement of the current airline MONTANA(LOWEST)
$ 3.0 1
/gal.
service to Glacier Park International Airport. A 501(3) ap-
propriately named AERO is launched and administered SOURCE: GasBuddy.com
from the Whiteish Chamber of Commerce.
HIGHEST:
LOWEST:
GLACIER PARK INT'L AIRPORT STATS Tabish’s article raises awareness that organizations Rhode Island 9%
N. Dakota 2.6%
(DEC.)
DEPARTURES
like AERO are critical in
small communities for
NATIONAL AVERAGE
“FINANCIAL 7%
the role they play in ob-
2012 12,714
taining and retaining
SOURCE: Montana Department of Labor & Industry
commercial passenger air INCENTIVES TO 2013
13,648
service. Small populated 10,000 15000
0
5,000 20,000
MONTANA EMPLOYMENT CHANGE regions like the Flathead AIRLINESTO ARRIVALS
Valley are vulnerable to
BY INDUSTRY (NOV. TO DEC.)
ATTRACT NEW
cost-cutting measures by 2012 14,339
Natural Resources and Mining +1.0% airlines. The mergers of OR ENHANCED 2013
14,830
Construction +0.5% the airline industry took 10,000 15,000
0
5,000
20,000
Manufacturing -0.5% place because the airline SOURCE: Montana Department of Transportation
Trade, Transportation and Utilities +0.9% companies were no longer SERVICE IS THE
able to operate proitably HOUSING STATISTICS
Information -1.3% individually. The industry MOST EFFECTIVE IN FLATHEAD COUNTY
Financial Activities +1.8%
(DEC.)
is eliminating lights for TOOL TO ATTRACT Professional & Business Services -1.2%
2010 2011 2012 2013
cost containment and the Education & Health Services +1.2%
light cutbacks are occur- Residential Sales 83 83
95 105
NEW SERVICE.”
ring at non-hub airports.
Residential Land Sales 19 18
32 37
Leisure & Hospitality
0%
For those of you un-
Other Services
-0.6%
sure of the success of a
Government -0.8%
Notices of Trustee Sales
112 72
34 22
strategy of providing rev-
Figures do not include self-employed or agricultural employment. In total, Montana’s non- SOURCE: Jim Kelley at Kelley Appraisal in Kalispell
enue guarantees to airlines so the airline will “trial” a new agricultural, seasonally adjusted payroll increased by 700 jobs in November. December’s
igures were not yet available by the time of publication.
SOURCE: Montana Department of Labor & Industry
light, there is a Government Accountability Oice report
accessible online dated January 17, 2003, titled “Factors HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES MONTH IN STOCKS
Afecting Eforts to Improve Air Service to Small Commu- BY MONTANA COUNTIES
nity Airports” which irmly states “inancial incentives to (NOV.)
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE -4.0% 15,816.21
airlines to attract new or enhanced service is the most ef-
fective tool to attract new service.” The research includes Lincoln 13.5% NASDAQ
-2.1% 4,066.35
surveys of small airports and the report provides 12 case Big Horn 13.4%
studies.
S & P 500
-3.4% 1,777.84
Sanders 11.6%
The summer direct light to Chicago was attracted to Glacier 10.4% PLUM CREEK (PCL)
-7.8% 42.75
Glacier Park International Airport as a trial light and it is Granite 9.8%
sustainable. Air service is a critical transportation mode
and we must preserve our air service as well as attempt to Mineral 9.7% APPLIED MATERIAL (AMAT) -4.1% 16.72
expand it. The airport authority board of directors and the Lake 7.4%
airport management are all in, and they need a broad base Flathead 7.3% GLACIER BANK (GBCI) -6.3% 28.21
of support from residents and business to preserve our air
Broadwater 7.2% NORTHWESTERN ENERGY (NWE) +1.3% 44.18
service.
Ravalli 6.7%
CENTURYLINK (CTL)
-9.1% 29.10
0%
5%
10%
15% 20%
Kellie Danielson is the president and CEO of Montana West SOURCE: Montana Department of Labor & Industry
Listed in trading price on Monday, Jan. 27 and percent change from closing on Dec. 27.
and Flathead County Economic Development Authority.

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