Derby mayor Randy White remembers recently being at the city’s Field Station Dinosaur attraction when he struck up a conversation with other visitors. In the conversation, he learned they were from Kansas City and had planned a day in Derby specifically to visit the dinosaur park. It was affirmation, he says, of what has been the intentional use of STAR bonds to help transform the the city from a bedroom community to a regional destination. “That’s what a regional draw is about,” White says. “You have to have cool things.” White says it’s more than just casual encounters: Drive through the parking lots of attractions in Derby, he says, and you’ll see license tags from surrounding states.
Source: Wichita Business Journal
