Bond secures $500K for China hub
The St. Louis American
December 22, 2009
U.S. Senator Kit Bond has secured $500,000 in federal funds to support the Midwest China Hub Commission in St. Louis.
"The Midwest cannot afford to sit on the sidelines and miss the economic opportunities available to businesses and workers on the East and West Coasts," said Bond.
Bond secured the funds in the 2010 omnibus spending bill, which passed the U.S. Senate on Dec. 13. The funds will help the commission establish a Chinese freight airline hub intended to increase exports of Midwestern products to China and create new jobs in Missouri through business development.
The project's next phase involves the identification and recruitment of freight forwarders and new shippers. In addition, a food processing or packaging operation will be implemented near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The phase also includes the rehabilitation of an old airport building, which will handle freight to and from trucks and planes.
Bond also has been named vice chairman of the U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Group and will travel to China next month.
