CenturyLink headquarters in Monroe, La. (Glen Yacher, Special to The Denver Post)
Re: “CenturyLink’s HQ hometown lobbies for direct flight to Denver,” May 1 business news story.
Even though CenturyLink is the third-largest telecom company in the United States, it fails to acknowledge the impact of being headquartered in Monroe, La.
Big businesses need to be accessible to customers, shareholders and employees. Customers and shareholders don’t want to spend half a day traveling through two or three airports to reach your headquarters. Highly skilled employees don’t want to relocate to a city that offers more racial and economic challenges than it does opportunities for spouses, partners and children.
Instead of exploring the potential of relocating to a locale that better matches the needs of customers, shareholders and employees, CenturyLink is now seeking a federal grant to incentivize a commercial air carrier to fly directly from Denver to Monroe.
As your article points out, Monroe is the birthplace of Delta Air Lines. Rather than ask the government for money, CenturyLink needs to do what Delta did long ago. It needs to realize that, as a big business, it has most likely outgrown the small town where it was born.
Tim Townsend, Denver
This letter was published in the May 10 edition.
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