TITLE
Title
APPROVE NC DEPT. OF COMMERCE RURAL BUILDING REUSE GRANT APPLICATION FOR EASTERN AIR EXPRESS, LLC.
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Heather Schaffer, Manager of Special Projects
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BACKGROUND
Background
Eastern Air Express, LLC (company) is an aviation company specializing in domestic and international charter passenger and cargo flight services, currently headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The company is planning to relocate Eastern Air Express LLC’s operations from Kansas City International Airport (MCI) in Kansas City, Missouri, to Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Currently, Eastern Air Express, LLC employes three hundred and sixty-nine (369) full-time employees. Fifty-eight (58) of these are based in Kansas City, MO, consisting of five (5) mechanics and fifty-three (53) office staff who support operations and administrative functions. This project would relocate the full Kansas City team to Greensboro. The company also has fifty-four (54) full-time and sixty-five (65) part-time employees in Miami, FL., one (1) full-time employee in Youngstown, OH, and seven (7) full-time employees in Killen, TX. and seven (7) full-time employees who are currently located in Greensboro, NC. In addition, the company plans to expand its maintenance workforce in Greensboro by approximately thirty (30) mechanics. The proposed new headcount in Greensboro, NC would be between 99 and 122 jobs. The company is projected to create fifty (50) new jobs over the next two (2) years with an average annual wage of $101,836.07 and pays 64% of employee health benefits. The average Guilford County private sector wage (2025) is $60,195 as published by the NC Dept. of Commerce.
Eastern Air Express, LLC. is applying for a NC Dept. of Commerce Building Reuse and Infrastructure grant in the amount of up to $500,000 and is seeking to upfit and lease an approx. 84,227 sq. ft. building located at 7306 W Market St Greensboro for a long-term lease ...
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