Wilmington Air Park now in hands of Clinton County Port Authority
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DHL Express has officially donated its 1,500-acre air park to the Clinton County Port Authority.
The Dayton Daily News reported Wednesday that "Local and state officials hope to attract new employers and jobs to diversify the regional economy and replace the more than 8,000 jobs lost when DHL, owned by the German mail and freight shipper Deutsche Post, closed its U.S. freight hub at Wilmington Air Park in January 2009. Ohio officials said it was the largest privately owned airport in the United States, and represented one of the largest public donations of private property in the state’s history."
“Wow, what a day. There were times I thought this day would never come,” said Wilmington Mayor David Raizk, who first asked DHL to consider donating the air park on May 28, 2008, when the company first announced cost-cutting plans that envisioned phasing out the Wilmington operation, the Dayton Daily News reported.
“Let us never forget June 2 as the day we turned the corner,” said Randy Riley, a Clinton County commissioner, according to the newspaper.
State and local officials said they have received calls from companies interested in locating at the air park. No commitments have been made, but the port authority can now talk in more definite terms as owner of the property, said John Limbert, a Dayton native and Wilmington banker who is the port authority’s chairman. Port authority members have declined to name any companies interested in the property.
DHL Express has officially donated its 1,500-acre air park to the Clinton County Port Authority.
The Dayton Daily News reported Wednesday that "Local and state officials hope to attract new employers and jobs to diversify the regional economy and replace the more than 8,000 jobs lost when DHL, owned by the German mail and freight shipper Deutsche Post, closed its U.S. freight hub at Wilmington Air Park in January 2009. Ohio officials said it was the largest privately owned airport in the United States, and represented one of the largest public donations of private property in the state’s history."
“Wow, what a day. There were times I thought this day would never come,” said Wilmington Mayor David Raizk, who first asked DHL to consider donating the air park on May 28, 2008, when the company first announced cost-cutting plans that envisioned phasing out the Wilmington operation, the Dayton Daily News reported.
“Let us never forget June 2 as the day we turned the corner,” said Randy Riley, a Clinton County commissioner, according to the newspaper.
State and local officials said they have received calls from companies interested in locating at the air park. No commitments have been made, but the port authority can now talk in more definite terms as owner of the property, said John Limbert, a Dayton native and Wilmington banker who is the port authority’s chairman. Port authority members have declined to name any companies interested in the property.
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