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Draft affordable housing plan includes new ideas, including buy-back program for certain old rentals in Lawrence
Many older homes in Lawrence’s core neighborhoods have long since been converted to rental properties, with some physically divided into apartments. Now, the city could consider a program that would undo some of those changes. The city’s Affordable Housing Advisory…
Survey: Rural economy being hurt by tariffs, low prices
For the first time this year, a monthly survey of bankers in parts of 10 Plains and Western states indicates the regional rural economy is shrinking. The overall index of the Rural Mainstreet survey for November sank to 49.9, the…
Marketing firm: Wichita should focus talent search on four U.S. metro areas
With a talent attraction and retention challenge continuing in Wichita, workforce leaders are attempting to take their efforts to the next level. Earlier this year, the Greater Wichita Partnership, a regional economic development organization, began working with Development Counsellors International…
Gardner city council establishes land bank
The Gardner City Council has established a land bank in a renewed push to revitalize blighted parts of the city and give potential landowners a chance to purchase land without inheriting delinquent taxes on the properties. The council, during its…
Lenexa’s Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park is going to be lit for the holidays
Every year for the past 25 years, Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park lights up for the holiday season. Jeff Carlson, parks and recreation facility maintenance supervisor, said his crew decorates 80 to 90 trees in the park with dozens and dozens of…
Spring Hill hires Assistant City Administrator
At the Nov. 8 City Council meeting, the Governing Body approved Mayor Steven Ellis’ appointment of Jose Leon to Assistant City Administrator of Public Works, Community Development and Physical Plant. “The City of Spring Hill is very excited to have…
Wichita firefighters dressed as superheros rappel down Wesley Children’s Hospital
Children at a Wesley Healthcare hospital saw six superheroes through their windows on Thursday — heroes who are Wichita firefighters when they’re not rappelling down buildings. The Wichita Fire Department tweeted photos of the superhero firefighters on the roof of…
Hoxie hospital receives $2.25M federal loan for facility improvements
USDA Rural Development State Director Lynne Hinrichsen today announced that USDA is investing in health care infrastructure and services in rural Kansas. “Ensuring that rural Kansans have access to quality medical care, close to home is a top priority for…
Ark City makes cut for online TV show
Arkansas City’s long-shot odds of winning $500,000 in a TV show contest are getting stronger. Word was received Tuesday that Ark City made the cut of 20 finalists from nearly 12,000 nominations for Small Business Revolution — Main Street, a…
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