Business World |
May 2015
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elers and they pride themselves on the way
they look when they’re traveling and they ap-
preciate being able to get a good shoe shine
in the airport,” Maleszewski continued. “It is
a unique offering, and he gets plenty of re-
peat customers.”
THE FUTURE - GLOBAL
GROWTH
Moving forward and closer to completing
the projects will forever change the land-
scape of Tallahassee Airport. The sweeping
changes will have a forthcoming impact and
influence once the upgrading and rebrand-
ing is done. But welcoming the world and
the cosmopolitan crowd that comes with it,
Curry understands his role in forming new
attitudes and shifting perspective. “Building
strong relationships with all of our business
partners is critical to receiving the essential
‘buy-in’ needed from the city and the com-
munity to keep our forward momentum go-
ing,” he said. “As the director, I take every ad-
vantage to speak at community engagements
and with civic groups in order to promote
the airport, educate the community, and
share our vision.”
A huge boon for the city’s economic devel-
opment, Tallahassee faces marketing chal-
lenges, mainly dealing with the expectations
of functioning like a larger airport in a larger
city with greater demand for air service on a
daily basis. Even with the projected timeline
