Garden City optimism grows over Sunflower project
Community excitement rises as Sunflower Electric and Tri-State confirm a large privately funded construction plan in Garden City Holcomb and Finney County. Leaders including Sen. Pat Roberts and Rep. Jerry Moran praise job and economic benefits with construction possibly starting in 24 to 42 months and around 100 new workers at Holcomb plants. Local officials say it could be the region’s linchpin for future growth boosting housing, services, and morale.
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Pat Roberts
Dodge City
Jerry Moran
Rhays
Sunflower Electric
Tri-State
Kansas
Moran
Sunflower
Kirchoff
Bob Halloran
Garden City
Finney County
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Halloran
Steve Dyer
Garden City Area
Dyer
Dennis Smith
Smith
Finney County Economic Develop
Ment Corp. Board
Holcomb
Janet Sharp
Holcomb Usd 363 Board of Education
Sharp
Janie Perkins
Perkins
Hail suppression tour links savings to water plan in Kansas
Kansas water officials tour hail suppression and a reverse osmosis plant in Garden City to show how weather modification saves billions in crop loss, conserves water, and improves regional supply. The program costs about 500000 dollars yet claims triple return in prevented damage across 11 southwest counties.
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United States
Lakin
Schwartz
Kyle Spencer
Walt Geiger III
Kansas Water Authority
Kansas
Finney
Grant
Gray
Greeley
Hamilton
Haskell
Kearny
Lane
Scott
Stanton
Wichita
Geiger
Ogallala High Plains
Streeter
Kansas Water Plan
Garden City
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc
Finney Coun
Perry Smith
Wheatland Electric
Tyson
Smith
Diane Coe
The
Kansas Water Office
Sunflower expands plant in Finney County with 1400 workers
Sunflower announces a five year in the making expansion in Finney County and Garden City. About 100 new full time jobs will be created at the plant upon completion while the Holcomb site currently employs 120 at its 360 megawatt coal fired plant. The project, a Tri-State collaboration serving Colorado Nebraska New Mexico and Wyoming, carries a $2.5 billion price tag and will be wired into the Western grid.
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Finney County
Garden City
Holcomb
Earl Watkins
Sunflower
Tri- State
Miller
Tri State
J.M. Schafer
Schafer
Kansas
Holcomb Looks to New Sales Tax for Development
At a Tuesday Finney County joint session Schreibvogel urged keeping Holcomb in mind for economic growth as a 0.25 percent countywide sales tax would begin after the current tax for U.S. 50 improvements expires around April 2008. He noted Holcomb’s industrial park near U.S. 50 and Big Lowe Road and urged updates on Garden City firefighters staffing the Holcomb station.
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Schreibvogel
Garden City
Finney County
Holcomb
Big Lowe Road
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Jamie Jarnagin
Jarnagin
City of
Garden
Dennis Lauer
Allen Shelton
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