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isolatedfromothernonindustrialusestoavoidconflictsofusewithmanufacturing <br />processesthatarenoisy,mayproduceodors,ormayrequireoffhoursoperations. <br />ThekeyopportunitiesforbusinessgrowthattheEugeneAirportisingrowthof <br />aviationrelatedbusinesses.GiventherestrictionsonusesattheAirport,mostbusiness <br />growthwillbeinaviationrelatedbusinesses.Thebiggestopportunityisinproviding <br />servicesforgeneralaviationtrafficattheAirport,suchasservicestotheLane <br />CommunityCollegeAviationAcademyorprivatepilots.Theseservicescouldinclude:a <br />secondFixedBaseOperator(FBO),aircraftrentalandflighttraining,airplane <br />maintenance,apilotshop,oranavionicsshop.Ifmoreserviceswereavailableatthe <br />EugeneAirport,thatmayattractotheraviationrelatedbusinesses,whomaybenefit <br />fromlocatingnearotheraviationbusinesses. <br />OtheropportunitiesforbusinessdevelopmentattheAirportincludewarehouseand <br />distributionforabusinessthatusesairtransportation(suchasAmazon),aircargo, <br />productionortestingorunmannedaerialvehicles,airplanerestorationorrefurbishing, <br />orairplanehangars.Warehouseanddistributionbusinessesthatdonotrequireair <br />transportationmaybelesslikelytolocateattheAirport.Forexample,Amazonrecently <br />locatedawarehouseanddistributioncenterinMillCreekCorporateCenter, <br />whichhaseasyaccesstoI5.AccordingtoSalemstaff,Amazonpreferredtolocateat <br />MillCreek,ratherthanatasiteneartheSalemAirport,becausethecompanyneeded <br />6 <br />directaccesstoI5ratherthandirectaccesstoaircargoservices. <br />Sites1through4havesimilarchallengesanddevelopmentopportunities.Thelackof <br />wastewaterandwaterserviceandneedtomitigateareasidentifiedaswetlands(rather <br />thanpotentialwetlands)beforedevelopmentcouldtakeplacewillbeachallenge.The <br />sitespecificchallengesandopportunitiesare: <br />o Site1.ThenorthpartofSite1ispotentiallydevelopablebutthesouthpartofthe <br />sitecannotbedevelopeduntilnavigationequipmentismoved.Evenhalfofthis <br />siteisalargeamountoflandandwillrequirecarefulplanningtofacilitate <br />development.Unlessanaerospacecompanyselectsthissiteforoperations,there <br />isunlikelytobedemandforthissitebyonecompany.Itprovidesenoughspace <br />tosupportdevelopersofseveralormanyaviationrelatedbusinesses. <br />o Site2.Thissitewillnotbeavailablefordevelopmentuntilexistingusesare <br />moved.Futureuseswouldlikelybethosethatrequiredirectaccesstoterminalor <br />runways.Developmentofthissitemaybe15to20years(orlonger)inthefuture. <br />o Site3.TheMasterPlancallsformovinggeneralaviationtothissite.Itmaybea <br />goodsiteforanewFBO,newaviationservices,newhangars,aircargoor <br />warehousing,orairplanerestoration.Itprovidesplaneswithaccesstoboth <br />6 <br />Throughthisproject,weattemptedtoidentifyacontactatAmazon.comtodiscussplansforwarehouseand <br />distributioncentersandthepreferencetolocateattheAirport.Wewereunabletoidentifyacontactwhowouldbe <br />abletospeakaboutfuturedistributionrelatedtoanAirportlocation. <br />ECONorthwest 10 <br /> <br />