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Topeka officials want Manhattan, Lawrence to join its metro area

KROCK Staff — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:21:26 +0000

By Megan Moser

Matt Pivarnik, CEO of the Greater Topeka Partnership, was the final speaker of the day for Friday’s Regional Growth Summit, a day-long conference put on by the Manhattan, Junction City and Wamego chambers of commerce.

He and colleagues discussed combining Topeka and Manhattan — as well as Lawrence and possibly other cities — to form a bigger metropolitan statistical area (MSA). The benefit, they said, is showing a higher population to be able to compete for businesses and economic development projects or programs that might have a higher population cutoff than any of those cities has on its own.

He said he got the idea when he was traveling near Tucscon, Arizona, and drove to Nogales. He wondered what MSA Nogales was in and found that it was in Tucson’s.

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Leaders discuss strategy to resuscitate local economy in wake of report

KROCK Staff — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:25:14 +0000

By Megan Moser

A path to economic growth for Manhattan could include proactively approaching investors, opening a regional business research center hiring a development director.

Matt Tarleton, an Atlanta-based consultant specializing in community development spoke Friday at the Regional Growth Summit, which is the new name for the Regional Leaders’ Retreat. The event is organized by the chambers of commerce of Manhattan, Junction City and Wamego.

The Tarleton’s firm, Matt Tarleton LLC, made an economic assessment in June that showed Manhattan was lagging in several areas that indicate economic health.

Manhattan posted 0% job growth, according to the 2024 report, which was well below that of the four peer cities the report used for comparison. For instance, Ames, Iowa, had 10.1% growth, and Columbia, Missouri, was at 8.2%. Morgantown, West Virginia had 7.8% job growth for the same period, and Stillwater, Oklahoma, was at 7.7%.

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Leaders to discuss how to resuscitate local economy in wake of report

KROCK Staff — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:23:47 +0000

By Megan Moser

According to a report earlier this year by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, Manhattan under-performed in several metrics that indicate economic health.

Manhattan posted 0% job growth, according to a 2024 report, which was well below that of the four peer cities the report used for comparison. For instance, Ames, Iowa, had 10.1% growth, and Columbia, Missouri was at 8.2%. Morgantown, West Virginia had 7.8% job growth for the same period, and Stillwater, Oklahoma, was at 7.7%.

Manattan was near the bottom compared to the other middle-of-the-country college towns in other economic categories, as well.

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Leaders to discuss how to resuscitate local economy in wake of report

KROCK Staff — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:23:47 +0000

By Megan Moser

According to a report earlier this year by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, Manhattan under-performed in several metrics that indicate economic health.

Manattan was near the bottom compared to the other middle-of-the-country college towns in other economic categories, as well.

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