The City of Sierra Vista released its master plan for the municipal airport. While it's not a guarantee all of what's in it will get done over the next few years, the city has put more thought into what the airport can be used for.

Earlier this summer, BlackStar Orbital signed their lease at the Sierra Vista Municipal Airport. The company is planning to create a spaceport at the airport, creating a facility to clean up satellites that return so they can go back to space. Tony Boone, Tourism and Economic Development director for the City of Sierra Vista, says this is the beginning of bringing more space industry to southeastern Arizona.

"It's moving at a fairly quick pace, but I mean, you don't necessarily see the changes, he said. It's kind of the point where they're not waiting on the c

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