A Letter From The East Hampton Community Alliance
To Our East End Neighbors:
Many of you have heard, or did you know that, beginning in September 2021, East Hampton Airport ("HTO") could be permanently closed by the town of East Hampton?
Did you know that East Hampton, a world-renowned destination, would then be without a convenient and fast way for residents to come and go, and for the seriously ill and injured to be Medivacked to treatment, and that millions in jobs, economic activity, educational & training opportunities, and tax revenues would be lost?
Ironically, the closure could occur just as HTO becomes even more important to our community. Current estimates show that a fifth of adults across the U.S. relocated this year alone, from cities to towns and municipalities, and East Hampton has witnessed this migration.
Further, HTO is part of an important, historic network of general aviation airports that together provide over a million jobs each year, with a total economic contribution of $246.8 billion annually.
In addition, HTO is an educational resource for our children & grandchildren to develop STEM careers such as airframe and power plant mechanics, schedulers, dispatchers, and pilots. We are also on the verge of exciting new developments in quieter, more environmentally friendly aircraft and the East Hampton community will benefit from the introduction of these technologies at HTO. If HTO closes, we will lose these opportunities.
You may have heard about us, if not allow us to introduce ourselves. We are the East Hampton Community Alliance, a group of concerned and involved local business people and residents who believe that this vital resource must be saved. It’s our goal to raise awareness of the threat to the airport, and provide solutions so it can keep functioning – and thriving – well into the future.
But we need your help. A lot of bad information has been spread about the airport in recent years, specifically about the origin of noise and about how many residents are affected by it, and we want to respond to that misinformation with facts. That means economic studies, polls and other measures to give you a clear and honest picture of the situation, and give us a starting point to provide solutions to any problems that may exist.
That costs money. So we humbly invite you to join our alliance with a contribution, so we can begin the process of fighting to keep this important resource alive, because once East Hampton Airport is gone, it will be gone for good. And September, 2021, is closer than you think.
Please visit our website to donate and get involved: https://easthamptonalliance.org/
Sincerely,
East Hampton Community Alliance