Sometimes, when a city wants something badly enough, it has to go after it. In the case of Haysville — the city of about 11,200 just south of Wichita — residents want more restaurants, says economic development director Danielle Gabor. So the city has come up with three incentive packages that it hopes will help draw the specific kinds of restaurants the growing city most needs. Entrepreneurs who want to open one of three types of restaurants in Haysville — a sit-down coffee shop with a drive-through, a full service steakhouse, brewery or family dining restaurant, or a fast food/quick service restaurant — could qualify for an incentive package up to $15,000 in cash and tax rebates, she said. It’s not unusual for cities to offer these types of incentives, Gabor said. Haysville has had the coffee shop and steakhouse incentive on the table for awhile, but it recently upped the offer from $5,000 to $15,000 and added the fast food/quick-service incentive.
Source: Dining With Denise Neil |
