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Olathe approves STAR bond plan for $320M entertainment hub
With public financing secured, developers are set to break ground this summer on an all-abilities theme park in Olathe. On Tuesday, the Olathe City Council unanimously voted to approve a series of tax incentives to support the development of a…
Economic push in Reno County brings funding, new ideas
A process that brought together local stakeholders to try new methods for growing the Reno County entrepreneurial ecosystem is considered a success. According to StartUp Hutch Director Jackson Swearer, one of the Reno County Heartland Together program’s original advocates, the…
Efforts in Liberal solidify link between leadership and growth
If the southwest Kansas community of Liberal has learned anything over the past few years, it’s to not settle. The city of just over 19,000 people has a dynamic economic development office that has spent the past year rolling out…
Homeless Wichitans dream of shelter beyond four walls
Wichita’s homeless face temperatures below freezing at a time when local officials are still working to open this year’s emergency winter shelter. Once set for a Thanksgiving opening, the shelter is now scheduled to open Dec. 2. Seeking shelter can…
A new court program offers mediation instead of eviction. Officials want more people to use it
The program manager estimates around 50 landlord-tenant cases in Sedgwick County had been mediated as of late September, more than a year after the program begun. Meanwhile, the county typically sees around 5,000 eviction filings, or more, per year. The…
Child care experts weigh in on state subsidy program and potential improvements
Child care support in Kansas needs to be simplified and amplified. That was the gist of a recent conversation among providers and administrators of child care service agencies who met to discuss a report from Kansas State University and the…
Wichita working to bring fresh produce to neighborhood ‘food desert’
More fresh fruits and veggies will soon be offered in Wichita’s food desert areas under the Healthy Corner Store Initiative. Neighbors in north Wichita say the community is well overdue for this. Source: KSN-TV
The city of Wichita is selling its public housing. Where are the tenants going?
About one-third of the city’s 352 single-family public housing units were still occupied as of last December. The city is offering housing vouchers to the tenants who have to move. As of last December, 110 of the city’s single-family public…
Dickinson County wind farm project approved
Dickinson County Commissioners are moving forward with the Hope Ridge Wind Project. The commission voted 2-1 to approve the plan, which will be located in the southeast part of the county near Hope. The permit states that the windmills cannot…
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