Greenville Downtown Airport Announces First Park Fundraising Event

GREENVILLE, SC – Come out and enjoy great music, food and drinks in an airplane hangar while helping build a unique community park, stated Joe Frasher, Airport Director of the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU). This is our first big fundraising event and we are thrilled to have Legends of Beach performing! Frasher added.

The event will take place on Thursday, May 24, 2012. It will start at 7:00 pm and will run until 11:00 pm. You must be 21 to attend. Food, wine and beer are included in the $30 ticket price. Party Down for the Playground will be held off of Airport Road Extension in Greenville, South Carolina 29607. To get there from Laurens Road, turn by the post office onto Airport Road and follow the road until it dead ends. To get there by airplane, after landing at GMU, request taxi instructions to the southwest apron.

Tickets are available online at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2875439517 and at the following venues: In Greenville: Greenville Jet Center, 100 Tower Drive, Beach Bob Oldie’s Show 103.3 WOLT-FM Studio, 225 S. Pleasantburg Dr., Ste. B3. Donaldson Jet Center, 126 Club Loop Greenville, SC 29605. In Spartanburg: Smith Drug Company at 441 E Henry St. In Gaffney: The Cherokee Chronicle, 423 North Limestone Street.

Legends of Beach is a crowd favorite and since they rarely play in the Upstate, we’re excited to welcome them to Greenville! stated Bob Ross, better known as Beach Bob, the host of the Beach Bob Oldie’s Show heard on 103.3 WOLT-FM. This topnotch beach band consists mainly of former members of the Embers band. These guys are some of the best vocalists and musicians in beach music today. Jackie Gore wrote and sang the original classic I Love Beach Music. Recently joining the group is Jackie’s daughter, Terri Gore who is well known throughout the Carolinas for her many beach music hits, added Ross.

We will have a great silent auction with fun items like an introductory flight lesson, tickets to local events and lot’s MORE!!! stated Terri Stafford, a local Greenville resident and park project volunteer. Several great restaurants will have tasting stations and Papa John’s has generously offered to bring as much pizza as the crowd can eat! Stafford said.

Proceeds from this event will help build a park for our community, stated Hank Brown, Owner of Greenville Jet Center. The park was designed to appeal to people of all ages, there will be two runways and a taxiway around the park for people to use for exercising; a natural amphitheatre where people can sit and see the real runway action, Brown said. When the park is complete we will be able to host school field trips, families and groups for picnics at the picnic pavilion, Brown added.

The presenting sponsor for this event is McKinney Dodge. Many other companies have pledged their support. We have party sponsorships still available and welcome any silent auction items that people or companies would like to donate!, Stafford added.

Come Party Down for the Playground with us!! stated Maria Jose Lehman, a park planning volunteer. This is an exciting project whose legacy will be felt years from now. I was recently inspired by a local article that mentioned all the things that are being enjoyed and used today that were built 50 or 100 years ago. It made me think… what have I done that will still be here in 50 years? Lehman said. I think this park will be and that makes all the effort very rewarding! exclaimed Lehman.

Hope you can join us for a great evening of fun and entertainment that also will raise a lot of money for a great cause, Frasher stated.

For more information about Party Down For The Playground, please visit http://www.greenvilledowntownairport.com/PartyDownForThePlayground.html

For more information about the GMU park project, please visit http://www.greenvilledowntownairport.com/Park.html

For more information about Legends of Beach, please visit http://www.legendsofbeach.com

About GMU
The Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) is the busiest general aviation airport in South Carolina and is a self-sufficient entity with financial strength that doesn’t rely on local taxpayers for funding. GMU is home to Greenville Jet Center, the largest Fixed Base Operation (FBO) in South Carolina, as well as more than 25 other aviation-related businesses creating 453 jobs that annually contribute more than $35.2 million to the Upstate economy. For more information about GMU, please visit http://www.greenvilledowntownairport.com or contact Joe Frasher at 864-242-4777 or [email protected]

Greenville Jet Center is an FBO that has been in business since 1989. The company owns two other FBOs in South Carolina: Camden Jet Center in Camden and Donaldson Jet Center on Donaldson Field which is part of SCTAC located in Greenville. For more information about the Greenville Jet Center, please contact Hank Brown or Jay Brown at 864-235-6383 or 864-232-7100.