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Overland Park moves to permanent ID tags for pets

info2022-10-19T07:08:44-05:00October 19th, 2022|

The city of Overland Park is working to streamline the pet registration process for its residents. On Monday, the Overland Park City Council unanimously approved an ordinance amendment that allows pet owners to have one permanent pet tag with annual renewals for each animal registered with the city. An owner will be issued one permanent pet tag when an animal is first registered with the city clerk’s office, which the owner will now keep instead of being given a new tag each year it is reregistered. Source: Prairie Village Post

Downtown Salina excited as mural festival winds down

info2022-10-18T08:40:29-05:00October 18th, 2022|

While there are still two artists finishing up murals in downtown Salina, the Boom! Street Art and Mural Festival is winding down after a successful first year. People downtown are excited with how well the festival went and how much excitement it brought into the community. “We’re thrilled for downtown Salina,” said Tim Blake, owner of Prickly Pear Grill and Cantina.... Two of the five murals painted during the festival are located either on or next to Prickly Pear and with a small stage located at Campbell Plaza, several of the festival’s events took place within sight and earshot of the [...]

Grappling with housing reality: Advocates prepare for end of Kansas rental aid program

info2022-10-18T08:38:48-05:00October 18th, 2022|

Kansas will begin winding down a COVID- 19-era rental assistance program, a move that was expected but still has housing advocates worried about whether renters and the nonprofits that help support them will be prepared. The Kansas Emergency Rental Assistance program was created in March 2021 as the latest iteration in a series of efforts to provide aid to renters affected by the adverse economic conditions created by the pandemic. Source: CJonline

Future of wind farm in Republic County in doubt

info2022-10-18T08:37:27-05:00October 18th, 2022|

The fight over whether to allow a wind farm to move in next door is splitting another Kansas county down the middle. Dozens of families in Republic County are the latest to fight over a proposed NextEra wind farm moving in. Many say they're worried the 650-foot-tall turbines will hurt their farms and damage their way of life. Some don't want the farms at all. Source: KAKE - News

New aerospace manufacturer to hire 155 in Wellington

info2022-10-18T08:30:45-05:00October 18th, 2022|

A new aviation manufacturing company, Pinnacle Aerospace LLC, plans to invest $14.7 million in a new facility in Wellington. According to Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, the company also plans to hire 155 people over the next five years. “We wanted to build our new company here because we knew there was a talented workforce already in place in this community,” said Scott Brown, president of Pinnacle Aerospace. The company’s plant in Wellington will build hard metal components for commercial aerospace, general aviation and the defense and space industries. Source: Wichita Business Journal

City to city: Takeaways from 5 Wichita leaders on Minneapolis trip

info2022-10-18T08:30:10-05:00October 18th, 2022|

About 70 Wichita leaders, business professionals and rising young adults are back from last week's three-day, city-to-city trip to Minneapolis. Organized annually by the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce, the group visits a different U.S. city each year to introduce business and community leaders to innovative projects and ideas that can be adapted and implemented back in Wichita. In Minneapolis Oct. 12 through 14, participants learned how the city approaches community dashboarding, collaborative partnerships, economic development, tourism and performing arts. Source: Wichita Business Journal

After Wichita’s wild housing ride over past two years, forecast predicts what’s next

info2022-10-18T08:29:44-05:00October 18th, 2022|

With the “extraordinary home price appreciation” of the last two years and “a lot of things that are unfolding before our eyes,” as Stan Longhofer put it, you can’t blame him and other economic forecasters for getting a prediction or two wrong these days. “Economic forecasters were put on this earth to make the weatherman look good,” said Longhofer, director of the Center for Real Estate at Wichita State University. Still, he and Lawrence Yun of the National Association of Realtors are going to make their forecasts for next year’s housing market at the 2023 Wichita Housing Forecast Conference on Wednesday. [...]

Municipal Bond Trends for October 17, 2022

info2022-10-18T08:29:09-05:00October 18th, 2022|

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman and Beth Warren.

USD 232 Superintendent Frank Harwood to retire next summer

info2022-10-18T08:31:27-05:00October 17th, 2022|

Unified School District 232 Superintendent Frank Harwood says he will retire after the current school year on June 30, 2023. Harwood, who has led USD 232 for the past seven years, says the district is about to enter a critical new phase over the next five to 10 years with a promised Panasonic electric vehicle battery plant in De Soto and other developments expected to spur major growth. Source: Prairie Village Post

Historic Oak Grove Schoolhouse is open for future generations

info2022-10-18T08:28:03-05:00October 17th, 2022|

Oak Grove Schoolhouse is open now! The 1877 one-room stone schoolhouse is in SE Neosho County, located in a rural area about 7-1/2 miles NE of Parsons. The efforts to restore Oak Grove stretch back more than 50 years. Much of the progress has been made in the last 5-10 years but the majority of the work has been done in the past 3 years. Thanks to the grants from the Kansas Historical Society’s Heritage Trust Fund the school is ready for students. The plan is for the school to open as an active classroom for fourth graders to learn as [...]

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