AAmid an avalanche of sobering data that indicates Wichita’s economy continues to flounder, one statement by analyst James Chung stuck with Fidelity Bank president Aaron Bastian.

“It was ‘We’re starving our city,'” Bastian said. “That just hit me like a bucket of water.”

Bastian and other community leaders left the analysis of Wichita’s economy last week with a clear mission.

“We need to do more,” Bastian said. “What we’re doing is not enough.”

(Read more: Wichita Eagle)