Business View Civil & Municipal | July 2022

98 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 7 P ittsburg, Kansas is brimming with potential. The city of 20,600 has seen big changes over the past few years, with the population increasing, the economy diversifying, and residents learning to embrace the community for all it has to offer. “There was a lot of unrealized potential when I first came in nine years ago,” says Jay Byers, Deputy City Manager. “But there was a lot that could happen and it was a great opportunity for a professional to come in and be able to apply themselves to improving the city on many different levels. That’s proven to be a very satisfying experience for me.” In recent years, the city has begun to really thrive. As the home of Pittsburg State University since 1903, Pittsburg has primarily been a college town. And while the Gorillas still rule the roost, Pittsburg has been working hard to steadily diversify T H E H O M E O F O P P O R T U N I T Y g, Kansas