Garden City chosen for shipping center in Kansas
Kansas Department of Transportation selected Garden City as a site for a transload shipping center, with Great Bend also chosen. Finney County Economic Development Corp. chair Tom Walker said the project will boost warehousing and distribution across Oklahoma, Texas, eastern Colorado, and western Kansas. Kansas Transportation Secretary Mike King announced funding plans to move the projects forward.
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Garden City
Kansas
Kansas Department of Transportation
Tom Walker
Finney County
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Walker
KDOT
Great Bend
Finance, Transportation, Technology, Agriculture and Energy
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Departments of Commerce and Agriculture
Kansas Transportation
Mike King
Buffalo Dunes Golf Course plans multi phase expansion
Garden City commissioners heard details on a multi million dollar Buffalo Dunes expansion during a work session. Phase I includes a new clubhouse and 18th hole redesign with an estimated 1.8 million cost slated to be privately funded. Phases II and III would add a driving range and a nine hole walking course north of the current layout with no estimates yet.
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Buffalo Dunes
Cole Wasinger
Garden City Commission
Wasinger
Elephants head to Colorado Springs in relocation plan
The Garden City Commission approved sending LRZ elephants Missy and Kimba, aged 46 and 33, to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. Commissioner Chris Law voted no. the move, likely in October after training, aims to place the aging pair with geriatric specialists and other elephants to aid acclimatization and socialization.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Colorado Springs
Garden City Commission
Missy
Kimba
LRZ
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Chris Law
Newland
Colorado
Henry Doorly Zoo
Omaha
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