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Viega to expand production capacity in McPherson

Plumbing and piping manufacturer Viega LLC plans to spend $70 million over two years in expanding its production capacity at its 1 million square-foot facility in McPherson, the company said this week. The first wave of investment is planned for $14 million and will increase the company’s ProPress pipe-fitting production ability. “As we continue to grow the business, we are bringing more production to the United States,” president and CEO Markus Brettschneider said in a statement. “These investments in our U.S. footprint will further support demand and leverage the talented U.S. manufacturing workforce, starting with the expansion of production capacity in Kansas.”
Source: Wichita Business Journal

Ranson Financial2023-07-19T11:55:09-05:00July 19, 2023|News|

Indoor pickleball, commercial kitchen part of $13.7M project named for former Wichita mayor

The Carl G. Brewer Community Center at McAdams Park will see major upgrades in 2024. The Wichita City Council has approved a major expansion of the Carl G. Brewer Community Center at McAdams Park, bringing the project cost from an initial estimate of $8 million to $13.7 million. The expanded recreation center at 17th Street and Wabash will include a nearly 25,000-square-feet addition to the existing 10,800-square-feet building recently renamed to honor Brewer, Wichita’s first African American mayor elected by a citywide vote (A. Price Woodard, Wichita’s first African American mayor, was elected by city commissioners in 1970).
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle

Ranson Financial2023-07-19T11:54:34-05:00July 19, 2023|News|

Phillipsburg woman loves her new town, benefits from rodeo funds

A Phillipsburg transplant is a walking billboard for her new hometown. And she’s also benefitted from Hope in the Heartland funds. Laura Flores, who moved from Kansas City to Phillipsburg two years ago, was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in September of 2022. … She’s always felt a sense of belonging in Phillipsburg. Laura had become good friends with Lacie Shields, another Phillipsburg resident, when the two lived in Kansas City. After Lacie moved back to Phillipsburg in February 2019, Laura visited her the next year. “I came to visit one weekend, and then it turned into another weekend, and another weekend, and I fell in love with the town, and then her brother,” she said. She is engaged to be married to Derek Shields, Lacie’s brother. Laura loves Phillipsburg. “I really enjoy the slow pace here, and the community has just been amazing. I feel like for the very first time, in a long time, if not ever, that I feel like I’m home. I just love it. Everybody’s been so amazing and friendly. It didn’t take me any time at all to feel like I belonged here.”
Source: Hays Daily News

Ranson Financial2023-07-18T11:39:14-05:00July 18, 2023|News|

Harris finds Great Bend open to newcomers

Maggie Harris has worked at Barton Community College for over 12 years but is fairly new to her role as its chief communications officer, a job she stepped into last September. Born and raised in Dodge City, she attended Sacred Heart Catholic School, Dodge City High school and Dodge City Community College before attending Washburn University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in mass media and public relations. “I was recruited to a position in the Admissions Office at Barton Community College as an admissions representative and fell in love with the community at Barton College and the Barton County area,” she said.
Source: Great Bend Tribune

Ranson Financial2023-07-18T10:42:49-05:00July 18, 2023|News|

The Bond Market Gets Less Scary

The yield curve is getting less inverted, mostly for good reasons. The yield curve is still looking scary, but not quite as scary as it was as recently as a few weeks ago. Wednesday’s benign inflation report from the Labor Department looked like good news to investors, and one of the places it manifested itself was in the U.S. Treasury market. With growing optimism that the Federal Reserve will raise rates just one more time later this month, and then call it quits, yields fell across the board. Notably, the yield on the two-year note fell 0.15 of a percentage point to 4.74%. The yield on the 10-year note fell by less, declining 0.12 of a percentage point to 3.86%. With that, the 10-year yield is now 0.88 of a percentage point below the two-year.
Source: WSJ.com: Markets

Ranson Financial2023-07-18T10:40:28-05:00July 18, 2023|News|

Great Bend council hears Sunday storm update

New Great Bend City Administrator Brandon Anderson told the City Council Monday night that he had its update prepared for the meeting, but “obviously my report changed quite a bit at about 6:30 yesterday.” He was of course referring to the supercell thunderstorm that roared through the community late Sunday afternoon and into the evening, leaving extensive damage in its wake. “I was so impressed with our community,” he said.
Source: Great Bend Tribune

Ranson Financial2023-07-18T10:44:21-05:00July 18, 2023|News|

Kansas gambling, Crosswinds casino expanding

Sedgwick County is seeing multiple new additions for gambling. The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission approved the license for a Historic Horse Racing Facility in Park City. Also, Crosswinds Casino in Park City is expanding to Class 3 Gaming. After Senate Bill 84 passed in 2022, the door opened for HHR and sports betting. “I think it’s good,” Government Manager for the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission Randy Evans said. “I think it’s an exciting time to be in the business with the different types of gambling, sports betting, typical Las Vegas style casinos, and now HHR parimutuel.” But, the bill was very specific about where the HHR facility was.
Source: KSN-TV

Ranson Financial2023-07-18T10:44:29-05:00July 18, 2023|News|

Cities assess ‘widespread’ storm damage — 8K in JoCo still without power

The lingering impacts of Friday’s severe thunderstorms were still being felt Monday, with stubborn pockets of power outages affecting thousands of residents in suburbs clustered in northeast Johnson County. The severe storm on July 14 uprooted trees, downed power lines and, at one point, left more than 180,000 Evergy customers without power. A meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Kansas City field office told the Post that the metro was hit by a “squall line,” a phenomenon when multiple thunderstorms combine, resulting in higher and more concentrated wind gusts that, in this case, averaged between 50 to 60 miles per hour.
Source: Prairie Village Post

Ranson Financial2023-07-18T10:44:36-05:00July 18, 2023|News|

Great Bend community helps each other out after powerful winds brought major damage

Residents in Great Bend woke up bright and early to start clearing out debris after straight line winds up to 85 mph caused trees to fall all around the city. “The definition of people helping people, come to Great Bend. You’ll see, everyone’s coming out to help everybody,” said life long Great Bend resident Gary Parr. Gary drove throughout different neighborhoods in his golf cart offering people an extra hand, chainsaw, and cold drinks. Residents said this is the Great Bend standard. “Pretty much nobody asked. It was just as soon as we seen the damage we all started helping and pitching in,” said Bridgett Arnold.
Source: KAKE – News

Ranson Financial2023-07-18T10:45:02-05:00July 18, 2023|News|

The end of Mission Gateway? Johnson County city pulls funding for beleaguered project

The Mission City Council on Monday terminated its redevelopment agreement with Mission Gateway, yanking away millions of dollars in tax incentives the developer argued were necessary to get the project done after nearly two decades of broken promises. A likely death knell for the stalled project, the council voted unanimously to toss out the deal — its fifth iteration for the long-plagued development — because the property owners failed to pay nearly $450,000 in taxes due in May. The city sent a default notice on May 15, giving the property owners, Aryeh Realty, 60 days to pay up. That deadline expired over the weekend.
Source: Joco 913 News

Ranson Financial2023-07-18T10:45:30-05:00July 18, 2023|News|

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Viega to expand production capacity in McPherson

Indoor pickleball, commercial kitchen part of $13.7M project named for former Wichita mayor

Phillipsburg woman loves her new town, benefits from rodeo funds

Harris finds Great Bend open to newcomers

The Bond Market Gets Less Scary

Great Bend council hears Sunday storm update

Kansas gambling, Crosswinds casino expanding

Cities assess ‘widespread’ storm damage — 8K in JoCo still without power

Great Bend community helps each other out after powerful winds brought major damage

The end of Mission Gateway? Johnson County city pulls funding for beleaguered project

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