Title
Sullenberger Aviation Museum Support
Action
Action:
A. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to negotiate and execute agreements with the Sullenberger Aviation Museum, formally known as the Carolinas Aviation Museum, to support the re-opening of the museum in amounts not to exceed $2,000,000 in total from the city's Tourism Fund.
B. Adopt a budget ordinance appropriating $2,000,000 from the Tourism Fund for support for the Sullenberger Aviation Museum.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Tracy Dodson, City Manager's Office
Teresa Smith, Finance
Background
* The Carolinas Aviation Museum (CAM) has operated at Charlotte Douglas International Airport for more than 30 years.
* The museum's Lift Off Capital Campaign is working to raise $31.0 million to support the redesign of a new state-of-the-art facility to house the new Sullenberger Aviation Museum (SAM), formerly the CAM.
* The SAM is named after Captain C. B. "Sully" Sullenberger who landed US Airways Flight 1549, en route to Charlotte, safely in New York's Hudson River.
* Public commitments to the SAM include:
* $10.0 million from the State of North Carolina
* $5.0 million from the Airport Cannon Fund
* $3.0 million from Mecklenburg County
* Upon completion, the SAM plans to serve more than 100,000 visitors annually and connect more than 15,000 students to STEM programming and career development labs.
* Workforce development efforts include:
* Aligning with HIRE Charlotte to provide pathways to employment in transportation through aviation and aerospace opportunities
* Accelerating aviation and STEM workforce pipeline by providing direct programming and serving as a convener for aviation workforce partners
* Supporting local high schools through work-based learning and career readiness programs using hands-on job experience
* Convening area aviation partners to align efforts and grow aviation workforce pipeline
* The SAM is expected to open in late 2023.
City Council Discussion
* At the April 3, 20...
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