Crosswinds Casino near Park City is breaking ground. After more than 30 years of having the ten acres of land, Wyandotte Nation has had a goal to build a casino and it’s now underway. “We’re exercising our right to game on our property there,” said Wyandotte Nation Chief Billy Friend. Wyandotte Nation Chief said it’s been a long time coming.
Source: KSN-TV
It’s a multi-million dollar project aimed at restoring the aquifer and preserving the future of communities experiencing a decline in groundwater…. Phase VI continues the effective Kansas Playa Initiative and is now enmeshing Playa Lakes Joint Venture’s “Municipal Water” campaign which aims to help recharge areas of western Kansas being impacted by a rapidly depleted water source. … The current focus area is in Greeley and Wichita counties, parts of the state in a severe drought. “Water is the driving force of the economy here in southwest Kansas,” said Bill Simshauser, Farmer and Kansas Association of Conservation Districts Board Member. It is estimated that the two counties combined have nearly 5,000 playas. But experts say within the next 50 years, the area won’t have enough water to sustain the cities of Leoti and Tribune. “Wichita and Greeley county are running out of water,” said Simshauser.
Source: KSN-TV
The state is expanding its testing of wastewater to predict the coronavirus. The testing helps show where the virus is commonly found and how it spreads across the state. KDHE plans to expand water testing to 95 rural counties and Johnson and Wyandotte County to help predict the next spike in coronavirus cases. According to the state’s top doctor, the testing can help identify the virus up to a week before it shows in the case numbers.
Source: KSNF/KODE
A 40-year comprehensive plan being developed by Derby city leaders takes input from residents gathered through community events and online engagement. It’s a roadmap designed to help guide city decisions and policy, as well as a helpful tool for developers to find inspiration for growth. It replaces the last one adopted in 2006. “There’s been a lot learned and a lot done in communities all over the country and really all over the world that we’re learning from people’s mistakes, capturing the best practices and trying to accomplish that here in Derby,” city planner Scott Knebel said.
Source: Wichita Business Journal
Gardner’s social media policy was amended by the council at their Oct. 5 council meeting. The changes to the policy give the city administrator and public information officer more authority to oversee social media for boards, commissions, committees, the city Council and mayor. … Amended language to the policy includes allowing the city administrator or public information officer to contact an elected or appointed official requesting they stop commenting on a particular issue.
Source: Gardner News
Wichita State University’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research has released updated employment forecasts for Kansas, Wichita, Topeka, and Kansas City. Total employment in Kansas increased to 1,423,200 workers in 2019, with 0.5% growth, as unemployment declined 3.2%, its lowest level since 1978. Nine consecutive years of declines in unemployment ended in the second quarter of 2020, as employment fell 8% in the second quarter of 2020. This was the single largest one-quarter drop in state history, with a reduction in employment of more than 113,000 workers.
Source: KSN-TV
With Zagster’s departure from Wichita earlier this year, Wichita lost its orange Spin scooters along with its bike ride share program. VeoRide scooters remain, and now there’s a second option for scooter fans through a new pilot program with Santa Monica-based Bird scooters. “There was a new opportunity in the market,” spokeswoman Jasmine Wallsmith said.
Source: Carrie Rengers: Business Columns & Blogs |
World-renowned architect Moshe Safdie probably could be forgiven if he didn’t remember many details of his time in Wichita designing Exploration Place two decades ago. After all, the 82-year-old has gone on to do acclaimed, massive international projects in many more exotic places, such as Singapore’s Jewel Changi Airport and its Marina Bay Sands development, Brazil’s Albert Einstein Education and Research Center and Israel’s Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center. Still, Safdie not only has what he called vivid memories of his time in Wichita, he regularly checks back on Exploration Place.
Source: Carrie Rengers: Business Columns & Blogs |
Shawnee County Commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of a ballot sorting machine and scanner to aid the elections office with the “record number” of mail-in ballot requests. Election commissioner Andrew Howell said at the Oct. 8 county commissioners meeting, 701 N. Kansas Ave., the county already received over 20,000 requests for mail in ballots, which is a sharp increase from the 8,000 requests in 2016. Howell said the sorting machine will increase the efficiency of ballot sorting, and the scanner will help the county match signatures on ballots with election office records. If any signature is not similar, election office staff will review the signature to determine its authenticity.
Source: Local News | Topeka Capital-Journal
Saint Luke’s Health System says it will close its two community hospitals in Overland Park at the end of the year. Both hospitals opened just a couple of years ago. The health system, which took over management of Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola in July, said declining patient volumes were behind the decision. “Overall, our community hospital model has performed remarkably well and has allowed us to effectively expand access in a critical segment of our market,” Bobby Olm-Shipman, CEO of Saint Luke’s South and East, said in a statement.
Source: The Iola Register
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