{"id":42780,"date":"2022-02-24T06:53:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T11:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=42780"},"modified":"2022-02-24T06:53:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T11:53:42","slug":"shannon-barnhart-appointed-manager-of-chautauqua-county-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/shannon-barnhart-appointed-manager-of-chautauqua-county-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Barnhart Appointed Manager of Chautauqua County Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_42781\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Shannon-Barnhard-PJ-Wendel.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42781\" data-attachment-id=\"42781\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/shannon-barnhart-appointed-manager-of-chautauqua-county-airports\/shannon-barnhard-pj-wendel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Shannon-Barnhard-PJ-Wendel.jpg?fit=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"624,468\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shannon Barnhard PJ Wendel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Shannon Barnhart, Manager of Airports, and PJ Wendel, Chautauqua County Executive&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Shannon-Barnhard-PJ-Wendel.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Shannon-Barnhard-PJ-Wendel.jpg?fit=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-42781\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Shannon-Barnhard-PJ-Wendel.jpg?resize=375%2C281&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Shannon-Barnhard-PJ-Wendel.jpg?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Shannon-Barnhard-PJ-Wendel.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon Barnhart, Manager of Airports, and PJ Wendel, Chautauqua County Executive<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chautauqua County Executive <strong>PJ Wendel<\/strong> has announced the appointment of <strong>Shannon Barnhart<\/strong> as the new <strong>Manager of Airports<\/strong> for Chautauqua County.<\/p>\n<p>Barnhart replaces former director <strong>Ron Almeter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Wendel discussed his efforts to hire a full-time airport manager in his State of the County address, &#8220;To give our county airports the proper attention that they need to take our airports in new directions for economic development, expand services, and generate revenue for Chautauqua County.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Barnhart previously served as an aviation planning project manager at Crawford, Murphy &amp; Tilly, Inc., where she assisted airports with obtaining funding and executing projects to better their facilities. Prior to that, she served as a Planning Manager for the City of Cleveland Department of Port Control, which oversees the planning and noise sections at Cleveland Hopkins and Burke Lakefront Airports in Cleveland, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Barnhart earned her Associate\u2019s degree in Travel and Tourism at Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y. and her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Aviation Management and Operations at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. She also has a Master\u2019s degree in Aviation Safety from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo.<\/p>\n<p>Barnhart and her family currently reside in Randolph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel has announced the appointment of Shannon Barnhart as the new Manager of Airports for Chautauqua County. Barnhart replaces former director Ron Almeter. Wendel discussed his efforts to hire a full-time airport manager in his State of the County address, &#8220;To give our county airports the proper attention that they need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":42781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[391,1802,8992,11054],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Shannon-Barnhard-PJ-Wendel.jpg?fit=624%2C468&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-b80","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53154,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/listen-community-matters-shannon-barnhart-july-13-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":42780,"position":0},"title":"[LISTEN] Community Matters &#8211; Shannon Barnhart &#8211; July 13, 2023","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"July 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"We talk with Chautauqua County Airport Manager Shannon Barnhart about what's happening at the Dunkirk and Jamestown airports.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/category\/news\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Shannon-Barnhart-feat.jpg?fit=751%2C383&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Shannon-Barnhart-feat.jpg?fit=751%2C383&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Shannon-Barnhart-feat.jpg?fit=751%2C383&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Shannon-Barnhart-feat.jpg?fit=751%2C383&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47762,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/county-legislature-approves-2023-budget-with-tax-decrease\/","url_meta":{"origin":42780,"position":1},"title":"County Legislature Approves 2023 Budget with Tax Decrease","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"October 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Chautauqua County Legislature has approved the 2023 County Budget with a 30-cent tax decrease. 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