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Chamber reports regional site-selection work; Fort Riley office reports rising PCS numbers and program changes
Summary
Manhattan Area Chamber and Fort Riley staff updated commissioners on regional industrial site-selection work and military-community activity, including increased permanent-change-of-station arrivals and several Fort Riley program transitions.
Darren Solton from Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce and Christian Bishop (military liaison) briefed the commission on economic development and Fort Riley updates on July 10. Solton said the community is engaging a site-selection consultant to evaluate industrial sites across the metropolitan statistical area and to prepare the region for larger industrial projects.
Nut graf: Solton said the sale and development of land around the airport (an Amazon-related project) has reduced larger publicly owned parcels;…
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