Despite disappointments, FCEDC looks for growth

Published 4/25/2009 in Community Guide - Business/Economic Dev.

By STEPHANIE FARLEY

sfarley@gctelegram.com

Looking back can be painful.

On one hand, the Finney County Economic Development Corp. and the county lost out on what was once referred to as "Prospect 1-07." Prospect 1-07 was Leprino Foods, the dairy processing/manufacturing company ...

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Group disproves youth's 'nothing-to-do' mentality

Published 4/25/2009 in Community Guide - Business/Economic Dev.

By LAURIE SISK

lsisk@gctelegram.com

Three years ago, Polly Catanese arrived in Garden City from Massachusets to start a new job as assistant director at the Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau.

Similar to many young adults setting out on their first career ventures in a ...

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Putting them to work

Published 4/25/2009 in Community Guide - Business/Economic Dev.

Putting them to work

The Finney County Economnic Development Corp. Web site reports that the following business and agencies are the top employers in Finney County:

Tyson  3,100

USD 457 1,200

St. Catherine Hospital 677

Garden City Community College 500

Wal-Mart ...

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Working together, region is louder, stronger

Published 4/25/2009 in Community Guide - Business/Economic Dev.

By STEPHANIE FARLEY

sfarley@gctelegram.com

Finney County Economic Development Corp. may deal primarily in Finney County, but it also has become involved with the western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance, better known as wKREDA.

Gone are the days when everyone is workin ...

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