| We love Wichita because it has great all round | | | | found data quite in conflict depending on the |
| weather except during ice storms and the once in | | | | source, unemployment figures between 8.1% and |
| a while Tornado threat, which could carry away | | | | as low as 5.4% depending on whose data you |
| you best workers to meet Dorothy. 225 sunny | | | | have. I think they are trying to hide some stuff, |
| days a year snow about 5 days a year. Which | | | | but that is typical of our investigation of the |
| makes a Downtown out-door'sy type setting | | | | Wealth of out Nation when broken down by |
| even better.Wichita easy to cross even in high | | | | region, similar to redistricting for political power or |
| traffic periods. Traffic to get around town and to | | | | Ross Perots many charts many charts to make a |
| the downtown area is also good. It is 28 minutes | | | | point. It is hard to say other than people use |
| on Rock Road during non rush hour, 18 minutes | | | | figures to make a point, we use them to make |
| on the 35, 14 minutes on the toll way, 21 minutes | | | | decisions and appreciate candor over BS. As far |
| across the bottom on the Yellow Brick Highway, | | | | as washing cars we agree that the best mobile |
| actually it is full of construction and hard to follow. | | | | car washing and detail customers will surely come |
| East side growing nice and good markets near the | | | | from the areas of greatest commercial |
| 96 outer northeast ring road also good East going | | | | improvements on North Rock Road as Weigard |
| out of town on 400/54 with new condos and golf | | | | enlightened us too. On Rock Road were some |
| course communities. Springdale good and | | | | high end office parks for instance Polo Club Office |
| Westside past 235, South in the town of Derby | | | | Park, Premier Office complex-Tech Center and |
| growing from older town to newer town with | | | | many two-four story office buildings surrounded |
| subdivisions. Rock Road area very good for our | | | | by the typical specialty box stores, Toys R US, |
| type of services even a 24 hour Starbucks next | | | | Barnes and Noble, Old Navy, Office Depot, Pets |
| to a huge Krispy Kreme also 24/7 with no locks | | | | Smart, etc. And sporadically placed around the |
| on the doors, never closes, similar to the five star | | | | newer mall was Outback Steak House, Red |
| hotels Castro stole from our US companies. | | | | Lobster and other nicer chain outlets and |
| Northeast areas we also like Brookhaven and | | | | restaurants. None of which would take away |
| Lakeside and love Springdale.We discussed the | | | | from the Downtown district which is a place to |
| economic factors with commercial local real estate | | | | gather and not the same as Box Store type open |
| gurus J.P. Weigard and Son's, the sons were | | | | malls. So the city can get the best of all worlds. |
| playing golf, got to talk to a secretary and young | | | | With the sales tax base from Box Stores and the |
| research person, they publish some great data | | | | "Place to Go" type areas of the downtown areas, |
| that might be interesting to anyone thinking of | | | | which have been revitalized. |
| finding out more about the market there, and we | | | | |