At the same time Spallitta and Trivisonno began to look for a new home, executive director Beth Shelton at the Harvey County Economic Development Council was hearing about a new company developing prosthetics out of hemp fiber. The two sides came to an incentive agreement, approved by the city of Newton and the Harvey County Commission, where Human Plant Solutions will move into a building at the city-county airport east of Newton. The company will take up 6,000 of the 6-year-old building’s 20,000 square feet and pay no rent for six months, though it will pay utilities.
Source: Wichita Business Journal
