Downtown Hutchinson seeks Main Street revival strategies
Hutchinson leaders, business owners, and volunteers gathered to discuss reviving Main Street 17 blocks through consensus and new tools. Vendors may need sidewalk permits, regulations should loosen, and grants and incentives could aid the effort, with 46 attendees urging public private cooperation to attract more diverse businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downtown Business Association
Hutchinson
Palacior
Main Street
Downtown Vision Committee
Ron Kelly
Kelly
Coleen Rupp
Coleen
Petrus
Duane West
Kansas
Michelle Wilbur
Long-term care reform urged to address staffing and culture
Kansas leaders urge culture change as baby boomers head for retirement, highlighting 90 percent nurse aide turnover, 12 percent RN vacancies, and low pay. They call for Medicaid reform, better training, and staff development to foster resident-directed care and safer, more empowering workplaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Bob Bethell
R-Alden
Debra Zehr
The
Kansas Association of Homes and Services For
Zehr
Carol Moore
Hutchinson
Mennonite Manor
South Hutchinson
Moore
Ray Vernon
Wesley Towers
Prosperity summit seeks regional plan for Kansas growth
Wichita County officials joined eight others at a Southwest Kansas regional summit to brainstorm how to boost state prosperity. Co chairs Donna Shank and Steve Irsik outlined regional planning as part of a statewide effort with August Liberal meeting and October Wichita summit to tally ideas for economic development in southwest Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Wichita County
Sharla Krenzel
Liberal
Steve Irsik
Ingalls
Southwest
Shank
Ryan
Meyer
Wichita
Students prepare for summer band at two schools
Fifth graders at Bernadine Sitts and Charles O Stones begin a two session summer band program at GCHS with trumpet trombone and percussion in 1 to 2 pm class and wind instruments 2 to 3 pm. Students must bring Yamaha Advantage Book I. A sixth grade camp runs until Aug 8 with a Pizza Hut party and a parent concert. Call Bettee Gilkison for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. Stones
Taylor Sullivan
Sullivan
Brittney Kuhlman
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Bernadine Sitts
GCHS
Yamaha
Pizza Hut
Kansas Ave
Bettee Gilkison
Immigration enforcement eyed by Kansas troopers
Kansas Highway Patrol officials voiced support for expanded authority to arrest immigration violators. Lt. John Eichkorn said agents are often unavailable to intercept suspects found in daily traffic, noting a Salina area incident with 20 undocumented individuals where federal help arrived late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eichkorn
Salina
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Mary Kaye Chandler
Garden City Antiques
Maya
Wal- Mart
Jim Leitwater
Vernon
Frey Cat
Yove
Family & Friends
Reganandco
Kathie Maestas
Nova Eee Csic Cig
Mike Regan
IAE Tee
Paulin
W. Pine
Garden City
E. Mary, Ste. 1
Tiffany Ryan
Kennedy & Coe
Chicago
Immigration
Unicel
Www
Unicel.com
Colby
Dodge City
Great Bend
Hays
Liberal Unicel
Atwood
Decision Weather, Inc
Dighton
Large
Old West Money Store
Cowboy Supply
Garden City la Chiquita
Mi Rumba Poor Boy Enterprises
Goodland
Advance Networks
Horizon Appliance
T&a
Hugoton
Johnson
Simmons Company, Inc
St. Francis
Poling Chiropractic
Stockton
Ulysses
Reese's Cars
Wakeeney
True Value
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