The city of Russell threw a party Thursday for a hemp-based business that could bring up to 900 jobs to the area.
“We are very excited to be here,” said Elizabeth Grover with Mechanized Concepts from Utah.
Russel city and county officials held a ribbon cutting Thursday with Kansas Governor Laura Kelly.
“Im glad we’ve got the research going on now. We will have the hemp development going on,” said Governor Kelly. “And now we have a place to actually to take it to market.”
(Read more: KSN-TV)