{"id":5776,"date":"2023-04-05T09:58:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T12:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=5776"},"modified":"2023-04-05T09:58:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T12:58:58","slug":"airport-tenants-secure-long-term-leases-with-municipality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2023\/04\/05\/airport-tenants-secure-long-term-leases-with-municipality\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport tenants secure long term leases with municipality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Shore Regional Airport in Greenfield. image from Google Maps<\/p><\/div>\n

After a tumultuous year the situation at the South Shore Regional Airport has returned to normal.<\/p>\n

Both the Nova Scotia Drag Racers Association and the South Shore Flying Club have secured 20-year leases with the municipality to continue their activities at the site.<\/p>\n

The two groups had co-existed as tenants for years until the Region of Queens offered to sell the airport to the drag racers for $50,000 late last year.<\/p>\n

Following a public meeting in December, the Region scuttled the idea of selling the property, opting to keep it under municipal control.<\/p>\n

The racers signed a lease effective March 1 to pay the Region $1,500 + HST per race each year.<\/p>\n

For an additional $1,500 + HST per year, the racers also have use of the small hangar.<\/p>\n

Beginning April 1, the South Shore Flying Club will lease the airport and have use of the large hangar from the municipality for the sum of $4,000 annually.<\/p>\n

With six races on the schedule this year, the drag racers will pay $9,000 to the region, considerably more than the flying club.<\/p>\n

Mayor Darlene Norman says the two groups are paying different amounts based on a couple of factors.<\/p>\n

The first is the drag racers have a greater ability to pay as they charge admission to their events.<\/p>\n

The second is that the flying club are taking on the role of managing the airport for the municipality, saving the Region from hiring someone for that position.<\/p>\n

\u201cCouncil made it very clear, that they see the service the South Shore Flying Club provide[s],\u201d said Norman.<\/p>\n

After rectifying what she describes as a \u201cmessy\u201d situation at the airport, Mayor Norman is pleased to see the two groups move forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings have been resolved, both associations have 20-year leases and I just wish the best to all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

E-mail:\u00a0edhalversonnews@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nTwitter: @edwardhalverson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After a tumultuous year the situation at the South Shore Regional Airport has returned to normal. Both the Nova Scotia Drag Racers Association and the South Shore Flying Club have secured 20-year leases with the municipality to continue their activities at the site. The two groups had co-existed as tenants for years until the Region […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[1215,79,1214,1010,24,1065,1012],"class_list":["post-5776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-airport","tag-darlene-norman","tag-lease","tag-nova-scotia-drag-racers-association","tag-region-of-queens","tag-south-shore-flying-club","tag-south-shore-regional-airport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5778,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5776\/revisions\/5778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}