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The Kansas economic development
directory below (scroll down)
links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations
in Kansas and
related content such as Area Profiles and Area Surveys as
executive summaries about business locations. |
Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing
for an area. We provide personal introductory referrals to our
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Area Profiles and Area
Surveys are executive summary presentations about business locations.
These may include maps, links to commercial real estate listings of
available industrial and office sites and buildings, investment project
news, information about existing businesses in the area, labor market
information, and investment incentives. Such content makes it easy to
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Kansas
Names
link to Area Profiles if available |
Scope;
maps of
MO, IA, KS, NE, ND, SD |
Contacts
GDI : Bruce |
Website and other resources |
Survey |
Profile |
| Kansas Dept of Commerce & Housing |
State 66612
 |
785-296-5298 |
www.kansascommerce.com
Project
announcements |
Example |
No |
| Kansas City Board of
Public Utilities |
Utility 66101 |
913-573-9012 |
www.bpu.com |
No |
No |
| Kansas Gas Service (Oneok) |
Utility |
|
www.kgas.com/busport
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No |
No |
| Atchison Area Chamber |
Metro 66002 |
913-367-2427 |
www.atchison.org |
No |
No |
| Southwest Johnson County
Economic Development, New Century KS |
City 66030 |
913-715-6007 |
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No |
No |
| New Century AirCenter -
Johnson County Airport Commission |
Airport development 66031 |
913-715-6000 |
www.newcenturyaircenter.com |
No |
No |
| Anderson County
Development Agency |
County 66032 |
785-448-5496 |
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No |
No |
| Lawrence Chamber of
Commerce |
City 66044 |
Lynn Parman
785-865-4425 |
www.lawrencechamber.com |
No |
No |
| Leavenworth Area
Development |
City 66048 |
913-727-6111 |
www.lvarea.com
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No |
No |
| Olathe Chamber of Commerce |
City 66051 |
913-764-1050 |
www.olathe.org |
No |
No |
| Jefferson County Economic
Development Commission - Oskaloosa KS |
County 66066 |
785-863-3072
800-898-3198 |
www.visitjeffcounty.com |
No |
No |
| Franklin County Economic
Development Inc., Ottawa KS |
County 66067 |
785-242-1000 |
www.ottawakansas.org
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No |
No |
| Wyandotte County Economic
Development Council, Kansas City, KS |
County 66117 |
913-422-1020 |
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No |
No |
| Wyandotte Development
Inc., Kansas City KS |
66117 |
913-371-3198 |
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No |
No |
| Northeast Johnson County
Chamber of Commerce, Mission KS |
Chamber 66202 |
913-262-2141 |
www.nejcchamber.com
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No |
No |
| Overland Park Econ Dev
Council |
City 66210 |
913-491-3600 |
www.opks.org
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No |
No |
| Shawnee Economic Development Council |
City 66216 |
913-631-6545 |
www.shawnee-edc.com |
No |
No |
| Shawnee Kansas Chamber of
Commerce |
Chamber 66217 |
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www.shawneekschamber.com |
No |
No |
| Lenexa Economic Development Council
-and the city, Lenexa Chamber of Commerce |
City 66219 |
913-888-1414 |
www.lenexa.org |
No |
No |
| Junction City - Geary
County Economic Development |
County 66441 |
785-762-1976 |
www.jcks.com
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No |
No |
| Manhattan Chamber of
Commerce, KS |
City 66502 |
785-776-8829 |
www.manhattan.org |
No |
No |
| Marshall County Economic
Development Council - Marysville KS |
County 66508 |
785-562-9820 |
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No |
No |
| City of Osage - Osage City
KS |
City 66523 |
785-528-3714 |
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No |
No |
| City of Sabetha, KS |
City 66534 |
785-284-2158 |
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No |
No |
| Pottawatamie County
Economic Development, Wamego KS |
County 66547 |
785-456-9776 |
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No |
No |
| Greater Topeka Chamber of
Commerce -
Go Topeka |
Metro 66603 |
785-234-2644 |
www.topekachamber.org |
No |
No |
| Kansas Technology
Enterprise Corp. |
66603 |
785-296-5272 |
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No |
No |
| Pittsburg Economic
Development |
City 66762 |
620-231-4100 |
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No |
No |
| Regional Development Association of East
Central Kansas, Emporia KS |
Region 66801 |
620-342-1600 |
www.emporia.com/econdev |
No |
No |
| Coffey County Economic
Development - Burlington KS |
County 66839 |
620-364-8780 |
www.coffeycountyks.org |
No |
No |
| Republic County Economic
Development Corporation, Inc., Belleville KS |
County 66935 |
785-527-2310 |
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No |
No |
| Harper County Economic
Development Council - Anthony KS |
County 67003 |
620-842-6004 |
www.harpercounty.com
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No |
No |
| Butler County Economic Development,
Eldorado |
County 67042 |
316-322-4242
800-794-6907 |
www.bucoks.com |
No |
No |
| Hillsboro Development
Corp. |
67063 |
620-947-3458 |
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No |
No |
| Kingman County Economic
Development Council Inc., Kingman KS Area Chamber of Commerce |
County 67068 |
620-532-1853 |
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No |
No |
| Harvey County Economic
Development, Newton KS |
County 67114 |
316-283-6033 |
www.harveycoedc.org
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No |
No |
| Cowley County EDA |
County 67156 |
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www.cowleykansas.com
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No |
No |
| Greater Wichita Economic
Development Coalition |
Metro 67202 |
316-268-1133 |
www.gwedc.org |
No |
No |
| The Wichita Metro Chamber
of Commerce |
Metro 67202 |
800-852-8416 |
www.wichitakansas.org |
No |
No |
| Sedgwick County KS
Economic Development - and Foreign-Trade Zone |
FTZ 67203 |
316-660-9863 |
www.sedgwickcounty.org
FTZ
description |
No |
No |
| Montgomery County Action
Council, Independence KS |
County 67301 |
620-331-3830 |
www.actioncouncil.com
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No |
No |
| Salina Area Chamber of
Commerce |
Metro 67402 |
785-827-9301 |
www.salinakansas.org |
No |
No |
| Clay County Economic
Development Group |
County 67432 |
785-632-5974 |
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No |
No |
| City of Lindsborg |
City 67456 |
785-227-3355 |
www.lindsborgcity.org
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No |
No |
| McPherson IDC |
67460 |
620-245-2521 |
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No |
No |
| Discover Osborne - Osborne
Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development |
Local 67473 |
785-346-2670 |
www.discoverosborne.com |
No |
No |
| Hutchinson Economic
Development Dept. |
City 67501 |
620-662-3391 |
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No |
No |
| Reno County
Chamber - Economic Development Council - Hutchinson KS |
County 67504 |
620-662-2091 |
www.hutchecodevo.com |
No |
No |
| Edwards County Economic
Development Corp. |
County 67547 |
620-659-2711 |
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No |
No |
| Larned Area Chamber of
Commerce, Larned KS - Pawnee County Economic Development Commission |
City 67550 |
620-285-6916
800-747-6919 |
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No |
No |
| Hays Area Chamber of
Commerce |
Chamber 67601 |
785-628-8201 |
www.discoverhays.com
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No |
No |
| Ellis County Coalition for
Economic Development - Hays, KS |
County 67601 |
785-628-3102 |
www.haysamerica.net
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No |
No |
| Russell County Economic
Development |
County 67665 |
800-658-4686 |
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No |
No |
| Ford County Development
Corporation - Dodge City, KS |
County 67801 |
620-227-9501 |
www.dodgedev.org
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No |
No |
| Finney County Economic
Development Corporation -
Garden
City, KS |
County 67846 |
Eric Depperschmidt
620-271-0388 |
www.finneycountyecodevo.org
www.finneycounty.org
Garden City
website
Garden City Area
Chamber
City of Holcomb |
No |
No |
| Meade County Economic
Development |
County 67864 |
620-873-8795 |
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No |
No |
Explanation of column
headings above
- Organizations are generally sorted in
postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each
other will usually (not always) be grouped together. This is a
selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive
than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to
highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of
frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business
advisors we serve.
- Scope : is the area served by the
organization, and postal code. We may include thumbnail maps which
expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to
good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
- Contacts : relationship leader at GDI
Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.
If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we
also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
- Website and other resources : Aside from
the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight
special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they
might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website. A good
example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere
else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one
would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the
websites.
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The default
for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
- Survey : areas which have responded to our
GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if
published (optional) and highlighted at the top. This is often
useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location
selection.
- Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area
Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page). This
involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and
detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a
more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.
If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a
GUIDE Incentives Profile.
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All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free
GUIDE Network
Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain
timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes. Area
representatives : see
how to
participate. Current service pricing
is listed on the
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special offers.
Please help us to help you by supporting our work.
Executives who use this service are encouraged to
respond to our free
Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.
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The presence, absence,
or position of any organization on these lists,
or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services,
nor by them about our own. The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be
unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.
Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional
contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish. |
The economic development
directory above is a "long list" extension of our contacts directory for the
larger
US North Central region,
following the same structure as our
global contact directories.
These area representatives
would typically include
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a state department of
commerce or industry or a provincial government office
- greater
metro city or county area chamber of commerce
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county economic
development agency
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industrial development
corporation or council - IDC
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alliance for business
development, community development
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investment promotion
agency - IPA
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industry cluster development initiatives, business
incubators, technology parks
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regional or global professional B2B networking
organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic
business alliance services
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trade and investment
promotion offices
We welcome
reciprocal links
from relevant organizations. |
Despite the
wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and
variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally
actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business
investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the
attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI). This typically
includes support services, financial incentives, and information for
corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and
expansion services.
Suggestions are welcome, and please report any broken links. |
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working relationships among participating area representatives - economic
development organizations - and professional service providers as well as
senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major
projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices,
factories, distribution centers or other operations. |
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