Electric scooters could be on their way to Salina in the near future after a company that offers the service made a presentation to the City Commission Monday. Bird, the transportation company that operates electric scooter-share programs in places around the world, presented during the commission’s study session Monday and said it would like to see Salina added as the next city in Kansas to hop on the scooter-share model. “Electronic scooters have become a new and modern form of transportation using a variety of different ways,” said Lauren Driscoll, the director of development services for the City of Salina. “(Scooters) are used both for pleasure and travel and tourism, but also for what we call ‘last-mile’ in the transportation world.”
Source: Salina Journal

Pittsburg Deputy City Manager Jay Byers fielded questions from the city commission on Tuesday about entering into an “intergovernmental agreement” with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to assist in environmental clean-up efforts throughout the city. Known as brownfield properties, these areas are typically empty spaces that are unusable or undevelopable because of junk or a history of handling hazardous materials. This agreement would provide resources to the city for taking and analyzing samples, negotiating contracts, and background work based on the history and nature of the land through KDHE, according to Byers.
Source: Morning Sun

A Hollywood writer is headed to Hutchinson to show off his script and get input. On Sunday, Jake Farrago, the writer of “No Place Like Hutch” — a film about Hutchinson and its history, will hold a reading at the Fox Theater. The film is currently not yet in production, but before Farrago began filming, he wanted the residents of Hutchinson to have the first look through a table read of his script with local actors. “It’s usually not something we do publicly, but I think it’s important, especially for something so focused on the DNA of the town,” Farrago said. “I would love for (the film) to bring back love and a renewed interest in the town itself.”
Source: Hutch News

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