The Hutchinson City Council approved a contract with Hospitality Real Estate Counselors Tuesday.
The Memphis, Tennessee, firm will produce a study of the market and its needs for a new hotel and convention center.
The contract will cost the city $14,500. The study was requested after a task force was assembled to get Hutchinson a better hotel and convention center. City Manager John Deardoff says the study should begin in about three weeks and will take about two months to complete.
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