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Changes continue at Gainesville airport with new public, private investment
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Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport Manager Terry Palmer has seen two good years in a row at the airport and expects the new improvements to help for years to come.
Big changes continue at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville thanks to public and private investments in a hoped-for future that lures bigger and more frequent travel to Northeast Georgia. Gainesville City Council has OK'd a plan from Fieldale Farms to expand its corporate flight department, which has been stationed at the airport since 1992. The company is now looking at a 20-year lease for the purpose of constructing a new corporate hangar after purchasing a larger aircraft.