In the months following the dedication, there appears to be a renewed interest n obtaining a larger parcel of land (200 acres) for the airport, spearheaded by the Rotary Club, American Legion, Exchange Club, and the Big Rapids Board of Trade. After much discussion, meetings, and soul-searching, on December 17 it was reported that those groups had withdrawn their support in favor of “the securing of permanent options on at least 80 acres of the one approved site near Big Rapids”.