GREENVILLE, PA. Grant to fund most of study

By Harold Gwin
Council honored several individuals who were central to the airport's development.
By HAROLD GWIN
VINDICATOR SHARON BUREAU
GREENVILLE, Pa. --The borough has been awarded a $118,250 federal Bureau of Aviation grant to do an environmental assessment of Greenville Municipal Airport.
Council voted Tuesday to accept the grant and to use $6,250 in revenue from hangar rentals as the required matching local funds for the project.
The state Bureau of Aviation is also providing $6,250 for the work, said Peter Nicoloff, borough manager.
Environmental reviews of the airport are required every five or six years, Nicoloff said, noting the borough will use the services of a consultant to check for any environmental problems at the airstrip.
Who was honored: Council also voted to honor some of those who have had a positive impact on the development of the airport.
It voted to name the road leading from East Jamestown Road into the airport property Julian's Way after longtime airport operators John and Bernice Julian, who retired at the beginning of the year.
Council then voted to name the airport terminal Rowland Terminal after the late Dr. Edmund Rowland who was very involved in airport development, Nicoloff said.
Ambulance service: In other business, council voted to add Grove City Area Life Support, an ambulance service, to the county's 911 emergency call rotation list for the borough.
The company, which bought Eastern Medical Ambulance (which was on the rotation call list for Greenville) March 5, but was not immediately placed on the list itself, Nicoloff said.
Council wanted some more information about the new company and its plans before authorizing its addition to the list and Nicoloff said that information has since been received. Grove City will keep two ambulances in Greenville, he said.