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Wichita in the News
Recently named
as one of “Ten
Best Places to Live”
- Money Magazine (2006)
Recently named as one of
“America's
Smartest Cities”
- Bizjournals.com
Recently named as one of
“50
Smart Places to Live”
- Kiplinger.com (2006)
Recently named as the
“#1
Most Affordable City in the Midwest” - Forbes.com (2005)
Wichita was named
“One
of the Top Ten U.S. Test Markets” - Acxiom Corporation (2004)
Ranked 35th in
“America's
Top 100 Places to Live”
- Relocate America.com (2004)
Sedgwick County has the
“2nd
Highest Concentration of High Paying, Private Sector
Jobs in the U.S.” - Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce
Named
“All
America City” three (3) times - National League of
Cities
Flint Hills National Golf
Course ranked 343 in
“America's
100 Greatest Golf Courses”
- Golf Digest (2005)
Kansas ranks among the
“Top
Ten Sunniest States”.
Wichita averages 128 clear days and 97 partly cloudy
days per year - for a total of 225 days of sunshine!
(More than Daytona Beach, FL or Honolulu, HI)
Wichita was ranked as the
top “U.S.
City with the Shortest Commute Time” - American Community Survey (2005)
“The
Northeast sector of the city [Wichita] will continue
to be the most popular destination for retailers and
their customers int he foreseeable future.
Retailers are attracted to this area because of the
high-income, high density demographics, the growing
population base, previous successes of other
retailers, and the proximity of the K-96 highway.”
- Doug Malone, sales associate with J.P. Weigand &
Sons.
(source: Heartland Real Estate Business)
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