🌾 A Dream of Spring — Wichita Life

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Wichita!

If you’re new to Wichita, I hope yesterday didn’t get your hopes up that Spring is here..

We’re in the faux-Spring right before it gets really cold again (probably). You can thank Punxsutawney Phil for that one this year.

Let's get to it!

- Landon Huslig

p.s. If you have never been to Death by Chocolate, it truly is one of the coolest events in Wichita. We’re giving away 2 tickets over on our Instagram!

NEWS

Riverfest Memories

We want to hear from you!

Do you have a favorite part of Riverfest? A favorite memory?

If you’d be interested in telling one of your stories or memories, reply to this email and we’d love to chat.

Together with the City of Wichita

City Hall

It is hard to stay on top of all the news in Wichita.

I hope we are part of the solution for that.

But the City of Wichita puts out a ton of info that is hard even for us to cover, so why not get it straight from the source?

CHECK IT OUT HERE

Wichita Life Spotlight

We put out a form for you to recommend people doing special things in our community, so let’s keep it rolling!

Today we are recognizing Katie Woods with the NBC World Series:

“Katie isn't a Wichita or Kansas native, but she is one of the best folks that has truly embraced this little town. She is all in on making Wichita wonderful and shedding light on the great things this town has to offer while also rebuilding a nostalgic event that hasn't been well-taken care of in recent years. Her work with rebuilding and uplifting the National Baseball Congress is nothing short of amazing and I am constantly in awe in how she is turning this tournament back to it's glory.

She is everything Wichita should embrace and support and you'd be silly to sleep on highlighting her.” - Wichita Life Reader

I have had the pleasure of working with Katie on a few projects over the years and she’s awesome.

LOCAL BUSINESS

Opening

ShotSuite - we stopped by the new virtual sporting venue. It is a great time!
11-story AC Marriott Hotel - Douglas & Broadway - Opening in June or so
Broadway Lounge Bar - On 1st floor of AC Marriott Hotel - Opening in June or so

Moved

Kelly’s Family Diner - 1825 S Broadway (former Thao’s Bistro) - Now Open

Business Swap

Did you ever watch the old MTV? Not the music video 24/7 one (I’m not that old), the one with Next, Pimp My Ride, Punk’d, and MTV Cribs? They had one show called Wife Swap that was really strange, but when I typed “Business Swap” for the title of this section, it reminded me of that.

Anyway, Dummy Apparel Company and ICT Bazaars are celebrating Grand Reopenings as their respective businesses flip flopepd locations. Danny and Dummy Apparel also added a DIY fragrance bar called Scent Studio.

Business Permits

If you ever want a peek behind the curtain, or into the crystal ball, of what is to comes, you just have to look a layer deeper.

Like when business permits get pulled, you can see the 8 largest commercial building permits pulled in January in Wichita.

STARTUP

Valentine’s Singing Telegram

Roy Moye III is one of the most talented people in Wichita and he’s offering a chance for you to send that special someone an extra special message.

Book your singing telegram today!

#WichitaLife

@wichitalife | Death by Chocolate is one heckuva party you do not want to miss

CIVIL

Zero-Rate-Change Bond

If you live within the Wichita school district, you’ll have a chance to vote on the 2/25 ballot regarding the zero-tax-rate-change bond.

What does this mean?

There is a proposal to not increase or decrease your taxes, but rather keep them the same as they have been.

This will allow the district to replace some building that that cost too much to maintain and update those for safety and security, among other things.

LOCAL

Black History Month

Exploration Place is partnering with The Kansas African-American Museum to bring back the outdoor display that honors African-American scientists and STEM Leaders.

Up first is friend of Wichita Life that I met way back at the Fairmount Towers (RIP) at WSU, Roy Moye III!

It is that time of year to update our Black Owned Local Business list.

What are we missing?

WISE

There are more options for schooling than ever before.

This is great since every kid learns differently.

Come check out the K-12 Innovative Education Expo open house for WISE (Wichita Innovative Schools and Educators) on Saturday 2/22.

ICT EXTRA

Super Bowl