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Of the total PDK payroll for DeKalb County residents, almost $2.4 <br /> million represented total consumer expenditures. The largest single Cate- <br /> ion,' of expenditures was housing which received almost $1.2 million in <br /> ' 1979. This category includes: shelter ($714,000) , utilities ($138,000) , <br /> household operations ($203,000) , and furniture and equipment ($145,000) . <br /> Private transportation accounted for $648,000, or almost 89 percent of total <br /> transportation expenditures. Food purchased for home consumption repre- <br /> sented $420,000, or almost 59 percent of total food expenditures. <br /> Gross Revenues. The monies generated by the various firms and <br /> agencies located at PDK are termed gross revenues. In the case of private <br /> firms, it is called business income and in the case of government agencies, <br /> it is called the annual budget. The salient point is that the economic <br /> impact of PDK is derived, in part, from these gross revenues. <br /> In order to accurately measure economic benefits remaining in the <br /> local area, a distinction must be made between all gross revenues and that <br /> portion of gross revenues spent locally. For purposes of this study, gross <br /> revenues spent locally are termed residual expenditures -- rent, utilities, <br /> local goods and services purchased, and profit. Therefore, residual ex- <br /> penditures do not include the portion of gross revenues which leaves the <br /> local area (leakage) in the form of non-locally manufactured goods purchased <br /> for resale, federal taxes paid, etc. Based upon recent studies of general <br /> aviation airports, it is estimated that 31.8 percent of gross revenues from <br /> FBO operations, 100 percent of government revenues and 70 percent of the <br /> non-aviation revenues are spent locally.. <br /> The three FBO's at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport collect revenues from <br /> sales of aircraft and aircraft parts and accessories, and from providing <br /> a variety of services to the flying public. Non-aviation tenants represent <br /> a cross-section of business activities. The 68 businesses and agencies at <br /> -13- <br /> tiAmosii,s Li pagE Ass gic 'ATE', <br />