The Greater Wichita Partnership’s first year wasn’t a do-nothing year.  read more >>

Two 24-year-old Wichitans who have been making high-end, custom jeans in a basement are preparing to open their first storefront at Douglas and Emporia.  read more >>

Cargill continues inching closer to a decision about a new Wichita headquarters.  read more >>

The ICT Chalk Talks are under way.  read more >>

City officials say that they're going to be happy wherever Cargill lands in Wichita.  read more >>

The big new plaza in front of the just-renovated Union Station in downtown Wichita will be broken in this fall with an old-fashioned Oktoberfest.  read more >>

ICT Chalk Talks will kick off its public engagement initiative with a lunchtime launch party Friday.  read more >>

Class is in session for the first six participants in Wichita’s new e2e Accelerator Inc. entrepreneurial initiative.  read more >>

The official launch of Wichita’s e2e entrepreneur accelerator on Thursday afternoon was packed with well-wishers.  read more >>

Downtown bicyclists rejoice.  read more >>

Anita Oberwortmann started her own cleaning business in 1978, working long hours and often sacrificing sleep to make ends meet.  read more >>

A staircase on the ninth floor of the Exchange Place building in downtown Wichita is a link to the past.  read more >>

Mead’s Corner, the popular downtown coffee shop at 430 E. Douglas, is opening a second location in an unexpected place.  read more >>

James Chung is bullish on Wichita.  read more >>

Shelly Prichard didn’t want people to be bombarded with more data.  read more >>

The city of Wichita will be out of the hotel business and $20 million richer in a few weeks.  read more >>

The city purchased the Hyatt Regency Wichita 15 years ago.  read more >>

A new restaurant is taking over the space in the Epic Center where Toni D’s Too has operated since 1990.  read more >>

Two downtown restaurants are finished with their relocations and are just about ready to get back to business.  read more >>

Instead of thinking outside the box for their latest downtown redevelopment project, Michael Ramsey and Robert Eyster are thinking within it.  read more >>

Wichita took a significant step further into the Information Age on Wednesday.  read more >>

Over the weekend, a new “Wichita Old Town” Snapchat geofilter went live.  read more >>

The Garvey Center is selling, but it’s staying within the Garvey family.  read more >>

Downtowners traveling on Douglas are finding the street blocked off at St. Francis today.  read more >>

Wilson Building Maintenance Inc. is finalizing a plan to convert its Old Town headquarters into apartments.  read more >>

The e2e entrepreneurial program in Wichita elected its first full board of directors Tuesday night.  read more >>

Shelden Architecture project manager Daniel Gensch was pleased to receive a May call from Interior Design magazine.  read more >>

Phil Ruffin has submitted a bid to purchase the Hyatt Regency Wichita downtown and is confident he will soon own the property.  read more >>

There’s not a finalized deal yet, but Old Town developer Dave Burk, car dealer and businessman Brandon Steven and Key Construction president Dave Wells have a contract to buy The Wichita Eagle building downtown at 825 E. Douglas.  read more >>

Cox Communications is earmarking a gift valued at $500,000 to help the city of Wichita fund the construction of the new downtown library.  read more >>

Even on opening night 20 years ago, Morrie Sheets knew he was on to something with his Mort’s Martini & Cigar Bar.  read more >>

A $7 million project to add 72 apartment units to the Flats 324 development is now complete.  read more >>

Lifeboat Creative will relocate early next year to a new building under the same landlord the firm is now.  read more >>

Pass the martinis. It’s officially an “emergency.”  read more >>

With the help of a generous in-kind contribution from Mother Nature, the 45th Wichita Riverfest outdid itself in drawing diverse musical acts and huge and happy crowds.  read more >>

Long before the brewery craze of today, Old Town developer Dave Burk brought River City Brewery to Old Town in the mid-1990s.  read more >>

As of Thursday, another new bar is open where the Alibi Room once was at 919 E. Douglas.  read more >>

The city of Wichita is poised to declare a public emergency so Mort’s Martini and Cigar Bar can party in the parking lot. read more >>

Dave Burk is poised to add to his Wichita real estate holdings with the purchase of another Old Town building.  read more >>

It’s a little hard to tell from the outside, but construction is progressing on the Douglas.  read more >>

Austin Dugan is about to be a peripatetic juice peddler no more.  read more >>

The redevelopment of Union Station has reached a couple of new milestones, says developer Gary Oborny of Occidental Management.  read more >>

A new restaurant is going into the downtown space where the original Tanya’s Soup Kitchen was.  read more >>

The congregation at First Baptist Church isn’t huge – about 250 people – but its building at 216 E. Second St. is.  read more >>

Myriad city and state leaders attended Cargill’s recent announcement that it will keep its Wichita operations here.  read more >>

A website that would pool community resources for veterans and their families.  read more >>

Positive Directions is moving in a new direction, and it needs new space to go with its new focus.  read more >>

Woolsey Cos. is upgrading its 10th-floor space at the 125 N. Market building downtown.  read more >>

Singer-songwriter John Hiatt will be in Wichita on Sept. 25 to perform at the Orpheum Theatre.  read more >>

Wells Fargo will host an event Friday marking the move of its Wichita commercial banking location to Union Station.  read more >>

Against a cloudy backdrop Monday in downtown Wichita, several bright flags waved in the breeze near the Hyatt Regency Wichita, creating a panorama of color.  read more >>

A $66 million revitalization of two prominent downtown Wichita buildings is ahead of schedule.  read more >>

One of the nation’s best restaurants is right in the heart of Wichita.  read more >>

New security measures – ID scanning at bars and additional lighting – are coming to Old Town.  read more >>

A Wichita tech company plans to add 100 jobs in the next year.  read more >>

Following weeks of anxiety across the community, Cargill announced Tuesday that it will keep the headquarters of its meat business and its 800 employees in Wichita.  read more >>

When Cargill Inc. began to look at facility options for its Wichita operations, the company focused its strategy around growth.  read more >>

The exodus of Wichita businesses has stopped. Cargill is staying in Wichita.  read more >>

The speakeasies of old were designed around two things: liquor and secrecy.  read more >>

Two things immediately stood out to Bruce Rowley in 2014 when he moved his RSA Marketing to the entrance of the Commerce Street Art District at Commerce and Waterman.  read more >>

There are a number of hair salons in downtown Wichita, but there aren’t many nail salons.  read more >>

The big food truck weekend of May is upon us, and the fleet will be pretty much parked at the WaterWalk.  read more >>

Garvey Center manager Larry Weber was certain someone was pranking him on Saturday.  read more >>

Wichita Community Foundation is expanding its Epic Center presence.  read more >>

Back when Wichita was young, dining out was simpler. read more >>

Jeff Fluhr sees leadership as an opportunity to be an agent for change.  read more >>

Old Town developer Dave Burk is exploring building on land he owns at the northeast corner of Second and Santa Fe.  read more >>

It’s not every bar that gets a funeral before it closes, but Indigo Lounge did before it ceased doing business at the end of April.  read more >>

Only one developer responded to the city of Wichita’s request to redevelop the Finney State Office Building.  read more >>

Wichita police officers Dustin Noll and Jamie Schepis pulled up carefully, a block and a half away from a suspicious house on a recent Saturday.  read more >>

Pre-leasing for the Pinnacle Lofts & Apartments downtown has started.  read more >>

J.P. Weigand & Sons now serves as the leasing agent for the 125 N. Market building.  read more >>

Food truck Garden of Eatin’s brick-and-mortar restaurant in downtown Wichita is within two weeks of opening.  read more >>

KMUW, 89.1, is moving into its new offices this week at 121 N. Mead.  read more >>

Lemongrass isn’t the only new business Danny Nguyen is opening in Old Town.  read more >>

The Wichita City Council wants out of the hotel business.  read more >>

The Farm Credit Bank Building in downtown Wichita will soon have a new tenant.  read more >>

Pixius Communications has acquired Hutchinson-based AngelComputing to further expand its presence in Reno County.  read more >>

Old Town patrons could see a variety of new safety measures in place by the end of May, city officials said Thursday.  read more >>

After a successful first year, Balefire Marketing + Advertising is looking to expand.  read more >>

Two Wichita marketing agencies have merged to form a new firm, RSM Marketing Services.  read more >>

The city of Wichita is about to get a facelift.  read more >>

The first Food Trucks at the Fountain rally that happened last month was just a test run.  read more >>

There are more apartments coming to downtown.  read more >>

Craig Simon has taken over as the new marketing agent for the commercial space in the Eaton Place.  read more >>

High Touch Technologies has purchased Great Plains Communications.  read more >>

For years, Minnesota investor Steve Cheney says he hung onto the Kress Energy Center.  read more >>

Public radio station KMUW’s move to Old Town is finally becoming a reality.  read more >>

For most of it’s almost 20 years in business, Indigo Lounge has been mainly a downstairs lounge.  read more >>

Intrust Bank Arena put on a rare show on Tuesday in which soda sales may have outpaced beer sales.  read more >>

A downtown Wichita development project will be showcased as part of an international designer workshop later this year in Washington, D.C.  read more >>

If initial demand is any indication, a 72-unit addition to the Flats 324 apartments won’t be difficult to fill.  read more >>

Wichita developer Jason Van Sickle is pushing a public-private partnership for Sedgwick County’s mental health agency, Comcare. read more >>

More lighting and security cameras are coming to Old Town.  read more >>

You may think you don’t know any of Fall Out Boy’s music, but that’s probably not the case.  read more >>

There’s a new business opening at WaterWalk Place downtown near Main and Waterman, and while it’s not a coffee shop.  read more >>

Will two large office buildings going on the market buoy downtown Wichita’s remarkable revival.  read more >>

WaterWalk Hotel Apartments will add eight franchise locations.  read more >>

The Wichita Eagle will transfer its printing and packaging operations to Kansas City, Mo., and as a result plans to sell its downtown buildings.  read more >>

Kissy Nails is opening downtown in the next month or so.   read more >>

The city of Wichita’s public building commission is seeking developer qualifications.  read more >>

Bryce Baker wants 125 N. Market to be at 60 percent occupancy by the end of the year.  read more >>

Sure signs of spring.  read more >>

The long-awaited Scooter’s Coffeehouse opened right next door.  read more >>

It’s encouraging that investment in downtown Wichita is continuing.  read more >>

The working space for CBD employees at the CorTen building at Market and Douglas isn’t the typical office setting.  read more >>

Much like when Wichita’s first trampoline park opened and a second immediately followed, there’s now a competing business for Wichita Room Escape.  read more >>

Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers will play the Orpheum on May 17.  read more >>

Cafe 402 inside the downtown YMCA at 402 N. Market is closed, and directors say they’re still trying to decide whether to replace it.  read more >>

Intrust Bank Arena recorded the second-best financial year in its six-year existence.  read more >>

Construction crews, bulldozers and cranes are going to continue to be a common sight in downtown.  read more >>

Yahoo Travel is recognizing the Hotel at Old Town in Wichita as the state’s hippest hotel.  read more >>

Architect Eric Wittman decided to share a piece of his mind about the city.  read more >>

The Greater Wichita Partnership on Monday announced that it has appointed Jamie Zellner to the newly created position of vice president of strategic communications.  read more >>

Five years after opening at Eaton Place at 509 E. Douglas, Leslie Way is moving her Salon Teased to the heart of Old Town at 916 E. Douglas.  read more >>

Diana Gordon has landed what she describes as a dream job leading the Orpheum Performing Arts Centre.  read more >>

Pilot Jason Algya says he read this week’s news about the future Augustino Brewing with interest.  read more >>

Two more Wichita entrepreneurs made presentations Wednesday.  read more >>

We finally have an opening date for the Scooter’s Coffee. read more >>

A long-closed downtown parking garage is back in operation.  read more >>

City and county stakeholders and business leaders aren’t taking lightly a sobering report from a Harvard-trained analyst.  read more >>

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts will soon have a new Wichita headquarters, according to the Republican’s communications director.  read more >>

Wichita will gets its first taste of the 1 Million Cups event next week, but organizers hope it leads to a flood of entrepreneurial companies in years to come.  read more >>

The Wichita City Council chambers erupted in applause Tuesday.  read more >>

Wichita Festivals on Tuesday released figures showing growth at its two flagship events – Riverfest and Autumn & Art – in 2015.  read more >>

Jill Miller is putting the finishing touches on her Finishing School for Modern Women.  read more >>

Another piece of the Union Station development will open next week.  read more >>

Tech seems to be bubbling up all over Wichita.  read more >>

Douglas was a focal point for downtown development in 2015.  read more >>

Farm Bureau Financial Services agent Pamela Marcenaro is the latest new tenant of the CorTen building at Douglas and Market downtown.  read more >>

A new 9-foot-tall New York Life sign will be installed beginning Tuesday on top of the 125 N. Market building in downtown Wichita.  read more >>

The city of Wichita has ordered a warning system for the Waterman Street railroad underpass near Intrust Bank Arena.  read more >>

Tevin Jacques is celebrating a grand opening of his new Space Station store.  read more >>

Bryce Baker believes in downtown Wichita.  read more >>

Another Wichita restaurateur has settled on a name for his new restaurant.  read more >>

Greyhound, the country’s largest intercity bus provider, will soon move to Wichita’s downtown transit center.  read more >>

If you’re looking for a AAA Four Diamond hotel in Kansas, you’re going to have to come to Wichita.  read more >>

After a long period of inactivity, it looks like there’s once again hope.  read more >>

Professional Engineering Consultants is creating a health and fitness center in the former Chilton Billiards.  read more >>

Downtown’s Garden Grill Cafe is in transition on a couple of levels.  read more >>

Weigand-Omega Management Inc. is expanding its downtown Wichita headquarters.  read more >>

M&L CPAs Chartered will remain at its downtown location.  read more >>

The series of Garth Brooks concerts earlier this month generated $6.4 million worth of new economic activity in the area.  read more >>