Lincoln County has utilized the Make My Move program to recruit people to the county. “Over the past year or so, we’ve really been talking a lot about ‘How do we recruit new people into the community?’ I feel like traditional economic development has been, you recruit a business, the business creates jobs, and the jobs is what pulls people into the community,” Executive Director of the Lincoln County Economic Development Foundation Kelly Gourley said. “Now in this day and age, when workforce is so tight, it’s hard to kind of recruit a business in when you don’t necessarily have the workforce.” They received many more applicants for the program than they expected.
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On Tuesday, Sedgwick County Emergency Management (SCEM) sent a ‘public safety alert’ with its Civic Ready Alerts system regarding a standoff in Riverside. This is the first time the county has sent out a public safety alert, but the system has been used for other community messages. About 1,900 people got Tuesday’s message. The first alert said police were working an “active threat at 12th and Woodrow” and advised people to avoid the area or shelter in place. When the threat was cleared, another message was sent stating it was resolved. Emergency Management said with this being the first public safety alert sent out, a lot of phone calls came into the non-emergency line because people received a missed call and a voicemail.
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The closure of the Regal Warren Theatre in Old Town Wichita has some concerned that the much-loved nonprofit Twilight Theatre in Greensburg could shut down. The 100-year-old movie theater is used as an event space, auditorium and gathering place for the 700 people living in Greensburg. The nonprofit faced financial struggles even before the pandemic, but lockdowns made matters worse. “How are we gonna keep the Twilight Theatre open here when we have 800 people?” said George Ryan, executive director.
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