Downtown Wichita contracts with the City of Wichita on an annual basis to provide downtown development services. The contract is funded through a Self Supported Municipal Improvement District (SSMID). Property owners within the SSMID pay an additional property tax mil levy. The SSMID boundaries are Washington Street, Central Avenue, Kellogg and the Arkansas River. 

The Downtown Wichita Board of Directors employs a professional staff that can assist developers and property owners evaluate and plan a range of investment decisions. We can help to identify prospective business locations, provide market data, evaluate opportunities for new retail and service businesses, develop marketing and promotional strategies and assist with conceptualizing and implementing construction projects.

In 2010, the City of Wichita adopted Project Downtown: The Master Plan for Wichita. Downtown Wichita serves as the private-sector implementer of the master plan.

SSMID Advisory Board Members

A.J. Boleski
INTRUST Bank Arena

Debra Fraser
Old Town Association

Natalie Gosch 
Cargill Protein

Chad Hanson
Emprise Bank

Joe Johnson
Schaefer Architecture

Joel Kelley
Cablecom, Inc.

Mark Schmelzle
AGH

Don Sherman
Evergy

Joe Surmeier
Professional Engineering Consultants, P.A.

Ex Officio Members

Troy Anderson
City of Wichita

Jeff Fluhr
Greater Wichita Partnership

IRS 990 Reports

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• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018

Budget vs. Actual Income and Expenditures

• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018