JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration awarded grant funds to the following:
RECIPIENT/AIRPORT | AMOUNT | CONTACT |
City of Indianola/Indianola Municipal Airport | $166,666 | Mr. Steve Rosenthal, Mayor of Indianola(662) 887-1825 |
Cities of Drew & Ruleville & Sunflower County/ North Sunflower County Airport | $ 70,000 | Mr. Sterling Luna, President, North Sunflower Co. Airport Board (662) 756-4867 |
County of Hinds/John Bell Williams Airport | $ 222,222 | Ms. Michelle Jackson, Airport Manager (601) 857-3884 |
Jackson Municipal Airport Authority and City of Jackson/ Hawkins Field | $ 153,833$ 894,444 | Mr. Perry Miller, Chief Executive Officer (601) 939-5631 |
City of Kosciusko/Kosciusko-Attala County Airport | $ 666,667 | Mr. Jimmy Cockroft, Mayor of Kosciusko (662) 289-1226 |
City of Greenwood and County of Leflore/ Greenwood-Leflore | $ 166,666 | Mr. James Belk, Airport Board Director (662) 453-1526 |
City of Cleveland/ Cleveland Municipal | $ 571,347 | Mr. Clint Johnson, Airport Director(662) 843-8936 |
County of Yazoo/ Yazoo County Airport | $ 166,666 | Ms. Donna Kraft, Yazoo County Administrator (662) 746-8668 |
County of Copiah/ Copiah County Airport | $ 102,500 | Mr. Ronnie Barlow, Copiah County Administrator (601) 894-1858 |
Clarksdale-Coahoma County Airport Board | $ 297,777 | Mr. Daniel Vassel, Coahoma County Administrator (662) 624-3028 |
City of Belzoni/ Belzoni Municipal | $ 166,666 | Ms. Carol Ivy, Mayor of Belzoni (662) 247-1343 |
City of Lexington/ C A Moore Airport | $ 303,488 | Ms. Robin McCrory, Mayor of Lexington(662) 834-4381 |
The grants are being funded as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) of 2020.
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