CONGRESSMAN BENNIE THOMPSON ANNOUNCES U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AWARDS TO MS SECOND DISTRICT

Press Release

Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has awarded grant funds to the following:

RECIPIENT/AIRPORT

AMOUNT

CONTACT

Jackson Municipal Airport Authority and City of Jackson

$57,162

Mr. Paul Brown, Chief Executive Officer (601) 664-3500

Copiah County Airport

$13,000

Mr. Ronnie Barlow, Copiah County Administrator

(601) 894-1858

John Bell Williams-Hinds Community College

$13,000

Ms. Michelle Jackson, Airport Manager

(601) 857-3884

These grants are being funded as part of the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act of 2020. The grant provides economic relief funds for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airport.

Source