Business View Civil & Municipal Apr-2023

GREAT BEND, KANSAS six months or so. We are seeing a growing interest in our market, which is fantastic.” These developments and others are in an ongoing effort to grow the city’s national corridor, which resides on 10th Street with Walmart as a major shopping hub. “We wanted to continue a recruiting focus in the central area of the community,” she says. “Fortunately, we’ve been successful in that pursuit. Our national corridor is very well centralized and as we see growth in that region we will see that growth continue to push out into the other areas of our community.” The Great Bend Chamber of Commerce is another valuable business retention and attraction partner for the city, working in alignment with the goals of economic growth. On the downtown development side, Great Bend Economic Development is part of the Main Street Program, focusing on historic preservation, development, design and economic vitality that make a thriving downtown. 129 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4