Tag: Downtown Wichita revitalization
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday December 7, 2010
Today: Political pretense vs. market performance, “Begging for Billionaires,” O’Toole on urban planning, Kansas House of Representatives leaders elected, school lessons learned.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday November 29, 2010
Today: Earmarks, Economic development, Free markets, Health care, Wichita city council, Wichita Pachyderm Club, Subsidy, Downtown Wichita revitalization, Initiative and referendum.
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Wichita downtown plan focused on elite values, incorrect assumptions
Downtown Wichita planning is driven by elitist values and incorrect assumptions about the way people want to live.
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Downtown Wichita demographics not favorable
Are demographic claims made by Goody Clancy, Wichita’s downtown planning firm, real or imaginary?
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At Wichita planning commission, downtown plan approved
The Wichita Metropolitan Area Planning Commission approves the plan for downtown Wichita, despite learning of unreliable data used in the plan.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday November 15, 2010
Today: Wichita city council, Wichita Pachyderm Club, Politics, Downtown Wichita revitalization, Wichita Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, Taxation, Education, United States Congress, Term limits.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday October 20, 2010
Today: Bailouts, Corporate welfare, Economic development, Elections, Environment, Politics, Sam Adams Alliance, Tea Party, Downtown Wichita revitalization, Sedgwick county government, Global warming alarmism
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday October 17, 2010
Today: Carl Brewer, Corporate welfare, Downtown Wichita revitalization, Sue Schlapp, Tea Party, Politics, Free markets
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Drury request for more Broadview Hotel subsidy should be rejected
Tomorrow’s meeting of the Wichita City Council features a public hearing on the creation of a Community Improvement District to benefit Drury Southwest, developer of the Broadview Hotel in downtown Wichita.
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Some Goody Clancy Wichita findings not credible
Last week Boston planning firm Goody Clancy presented its master plan for the revitalization of downtown Wichita. As this plan is now part of the political landscape in Wichita, we ought to take a critical look at some of its components.