In the spring and summer of 1940, “air minded citizens” of the area pursued improvements to the airport, but were told by the City that monies were not available. This prompted proposals to transfer the airport to an entity that could provide financial help for improvements, such as the County Road Commission. After much discussion, and a federal aid financial carrot of $47,000 “to provide intermediate fields suitable to military uses as well as to assist civil aviation” resulted, on March 1941, in the transfer of the airport to the Mecosta County Airport committee for $1.