State Secretary of Transportation Julie Lorenz and Secretary of Commerce David Toland visited southeast Kansas Thursday for a ribbon cutting and ceremonial throwing of a switch to mark the arrival of the first loaded train cars at the Great Plains Industrial Park in more than 40 years.
“As a southeast Kansan it really is a terrific day to come home and to celebrate this first domino that’s falling at Great Plains Industrial Park,” Toland said. “We’re getting this win and it’s the first of many that are going to come here.”
Toland recalled meeting with some people from Parsons during a trip to Atlanta when he was working in Washington, DC, several years ago.
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