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Phoenix Restoration Receives December Small Business Award

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

David and Keri Salas started Phoenix Restoration in 1997 in Garden City, Kansas, then in 2009, Ryan began Phoenix Restoration in Hutchinson. Since then, an office has opened in Salina in 2011 and one in Wichita in 2012 with the headquarters remaining in Hutchinson. When the business began Ryan served as not only the owner, but the marketer, secretary, and technician all at once. Gradually he has hired more employees and in 2012 also started Phoenix Roofing in the same locations. Phoenix Restoration offers emergency services around the clock any day of the year for water, fire, storm or mold damage. ...

Tickets Now on Sale for the 2019 Chamber Annual Meeting featuring Justin Skeesuck & Patrick Gray

Tuesday, December 04, 2018

The Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce announced today that tickets are on sale now to attend the 2019 Chamber Annual Meeting held at the Hutchinson Sports Arena on Monday, February 11, 2019. The meeting will feature Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray, inspirational adventurers, lifelong friends, and achievers of the impossible. Born a little over 36 hours apart, Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray have been blessed with a lifelong friendship. Their lives have been intertwined for 40 years and have brought them many adventures - most notably, their 500-mile trek across the vast terrain of Spain. Justin, who lives with a progressive...

eNGines-LPG to Locate in Hutchinson

Thursday, November 08, 2018

eNGines-LPG, LLC announced today their plans to begin operations at the former bakery facility at 120 E 3rd Avenue in Hutchinson, Kansas. eNGines-LPG is a family-owned and operated industrial engine distributor and generator manufacturer. This facility will serve as their flagship headquarters where they will assemble, distribute, sell, and support eNGines-LPG’s product lines and be a showroom for innovation for current and future products. President of eNGines-LPG, Matt Roeser, explains, “Protecting the environment is our passion and culture – providing environmentally-safe engine solutions. eNGines-LPG is a concept to operate an engine which can run off both natural gas (NG) and propane...

Nisly Brothers Receives October Small Business Award

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Menno Nisly started the business in 1956 when he had a vision for recycling before recycling was cool. He opened his trash and garbage hauling business and also began taking food that was being thrown away and recycling it for animal food. Eventually that process became too labor intensive and they went back to strictly a trash hauling service until times progressed and they began offering recycling services again. Menno’s initial vision for the company was to provide good, old-fashioned, customer friendly and personalized trash service to friends and neighbors and that has stayed true today. Today, the business is...

NJCAA DI Men’s Basketball Championship Wins National Award

Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Visit Hutch announced today that the 2018 NJCAA DI Men’s Basketball Championship has won a SportsTravel Award for the Best Single-Sport Event in the Collegiate division. The award was presented at the SportsTravel Awards Ceremony at the national TEAMS Conference, put on by Northstar Travel Group. ‘The Tournament’, as it is known locally, was one of five events that were nominated in this category. The nominations were put to a public vote over a two-week period in August. Visit Hutch staff and NJCAA board members were present at the TEAMS Conference in Louisville, Kentucky to accept the award on behalf of...

Hutchinson to Host 2018 American Yankee Association Annual Convention and Fly-in

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

HUTCHINSON, KS – The International Grumman Pilots Association, a division of the American Yankee Association (AYA), Board of Directors voted for Hutchinson to be the host of their 2018 annual convention. The convention will take place at the Hutchinson Regional Airport and other attractions around the Hutchinson community. “This is an exciting event to bring to the Hutchinson Airport and the community. We have been working with the association for many months and we are honored that they have chosen Hutchinson as their next convention site” said Holly Leiker, National Sports and Destination Sales Manager for the Greater Hutchinson Convention/Visitors Bureau. The...

Big 12 Golf Championship Returns to Prairie Dunes Country Club

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

The 2017 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship will be played in Hutchinson, at Prairie Dunes Country Club April 24-26th. This year marks the 21st Annual Big 12 Golf Championship and the 12th time that Hutchinson has hosted. The 10 teams of the Big 12 will arrive prior to the championship start for a practice round at Prairie Dunes on Sunday, April 23rd. “Prairie Dunes is a fantastic course and has great history in hosting this championship, we are excited to welcome the teams of the Big 12 back to Hutchinson this spring”, said Holly Leiker, National Sports & Destination Sales Manager...

Kansas State Fairgrounds to Host American Maine-Anjou and Chianina National Junior Show

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

The American Junior Maine-Anjou Association (AJMAA) and the American Junior Chianina Association (AJCA) will host the 2017 Maine-Anjou/Chianina Junior Show in Hutchinson, KS for the first time in June. The seven day show will bring over 550 head of cattle, nearly 400 youth exhibitors and their families from across the country. “The goal of both the AJMAA & AJCA is to provide opportunities that will help build and shape our young people into the great leaders we know they are”, said Lindsey Broek, Director of Shows, Communication and Youth for the American Maine-Anjou Association. The Kansas State Fairgrounds will host the show June 23-30,...

All-American Junior Sheep Show Will Return to Hutchinson in 2019

Monday, February 27, 2017

Five years after the Kansas Sheep Association hosted the All-American Junior Sheep Show (AAJS) at the Kansas State Fairgrounds, they will once again converge on Hutchinson in 2019. The board of directors recently voted to return to Hutchinson for the 26th annual show, July 4-7, 2019, with nearly 2,000 head of sheep and 350 junior exhibitors expected to be in attendance. Exhibitors are expected from around 25 states, from Oregon in the west to Pennsylvania and Maryland in the east. Overall, the show will bring 1,500 people to the Hutchinson community for the weekend. In addition to sheep showing, exhibitors will...

Two Pulmonologists to Join Hutchinson Regional Medical Center Staff in 2019

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Written by: Ken Johnson, President and CEO Pulmonology, a medical term describing all respiratory issues, is an essential specialty area and in 2019, Hutchinson Regional Medical Center (HRMC) will step up treatment options with the additional of two Pulmonologists to the hospital staff. Pulmonologists treat patients affected by conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections. Joining the Hutch Regional staff are: --Dr. Tariq Musa, who is board certified in Internal Medicine and trained in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Dr. Musa completed his Internal Medicine residency at Morristown Medical Center...

2018 Agri-Business of the Year Award

Tuesday, December 04, 2018

The Agri-Business of the Year Award is intended to honor the agri-businesses in Reno County and thank them for the important role they play in strengthening the local ag economy. This year’s Agri-Business of the Year Award went to PrairieLand Partners. In 2008, three successful John Deere dealerships in central and southern Kansas made the decision to prepare for the future business challenges and opportunities by coming together to form PrairieLand Partners, Inc. The former companies all had similar core values and operating principals, resulting in a strong commitment to this new organization. PrairieLand Partners has become the largest John Deere dealership...

2018 Farm Focus Family Award

Tuesday, December 04, 2018

The Farm Focus Family Award began in 1985 as part of National Farm City Week. 2018 marks 100 families in Reno County that have been recognized for their contributions to Reno County Agriculture. This year’s Farm Focus Family Award goes to Jim and Amy Theis. Amy grew up on her family farm in Hutchinson and Jim has worked on a farm all of his life with the hopes of one day owning a farm of his own. Jim and Amy began farming part-time with raising cattle until Amy’s parents decided to turn over their farm to them in 2010, allowing Jim...

4 Seasons Truck Wash Receives November Small Business Award

Tuesday, December 04, 2018

Dan Benewiat got his start with a cattle trailer clean out business in Halstead, KS. Over time he had driven by Tiona Truck Line on Hwy 50 and always thought he would like to own the property and the business. Shortly after closing his cattle trailer clean out business, Dan received a call out of the blue from Tiona who was wanting to sell her business and was told he was the one for the job. As fate would have it, Dan was offered an excellent opportunity to buy the property and start a new business of his own. Without...

Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System Implements New Electronic Health Record

Monday, October 29, 2018

By: Ken Johnson, President & CEO The most recent milestone in the Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System (HRHS) transformation took place on September 24th, 2018 with the implementation of OZ, a new HRHS Electronic Health Record (EHR). Years of exhaustive planning and training resulted in a successful implementation as HRHS made this $20 million EHR operational. HRHS contracted Cerner Corporation (North Kansas City, MO), a supplier of health information solutions, services, devices, and hardware to facilitate the upgrade. Groups of as many as 40 employees spent several weeks at Cerner headquarters studying the numerous ways that electronic health records will benefit the overall operation of...

Horizon Mental Health Center to Observe 50th Anniversary

Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Written by: Mike Garrett, M. S., LCP Chief Executive Office of Horizons Mental Health Center Fifty years ago Horizons Mental Health Center was established in an era when mental health issues were largely misunderstood. The American Psychological Association defines mental health as the way our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors affect our lives. Good mental health leads to positive self-image and satisfying relationships with friends and others and is ma major component necessary for making daily decisions that impact our ability to be happy and successful. In the late 1960s, two young physicians and concerned individuals in Hutchinson and Kingman knew there was a...

Pools Plus, Inc. Receives September Small Business Award

Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Pools Plus was established in 1988 when Brad and Jane Easter decided to venture out on their own. They opened their business, which mainly focused on swimming pool service, at 20 N. Main St. and remained there for two years. While located on Main Street, Brad ran the store during the day until Jane arrived after her teaching job to help cover the store so Brad could go out on service. The business quickly expanded and grew, moving it to it’s current location at 21 E. 1st Avenue. Over the years the business continued to expand and Brad’s son Jake,...

Primary Residential Mortgage Receives August Small Business Award

Tuesday, September 04, 2018

Radley Brooks first go into the mortgage industry during the initial phase of the housing crisis during 2007. Property values were diminishing and foreclosures were on the rise. During this time especially Banks and Credit Unions were starting to restrict who they lent money to, making home ownership more challenging. Radley felt it was a great opportunity, and after researching all the options he decided to partner with a company called Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. This allowed him access to over 50 different investors to offer a wide range of mortgage loan products. He started his first office in the...

Chamber Seeking Nominations for Farm City Week Awards

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

The Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce Agri-Business Committee is seeking nominations for the 2018 Farm Focus Family Award and the 2018 Agri-Business of the Year Award. Each year in November during National Farm City Week, The Chamber celebrates agri-business and the impact it has on Reno County during the Chamber Membership Breakfast. This year’s Farm Focus Family breakfast will be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. In addition to inviting all Reno County Farmers to attend the breakfast at no charge, one local farm family will be recognized for their contributions to Reno County agriculture. This award began in 1985 and since...

2018 Wage and Benefit Reports Released

Friday, August 10, 2018

Hutchinson, KS – Greater Hutch, the economic development division of the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce, is pleased to release the Wage and Benefit Reports for 2018. The 2018 Reno County Wage Report is provided by the Kansas Department of Labor, 2018 Kansas Wage Survey. The report details annual estimated wage and occupational numbers for all Reno County and separated by occupational code. In May 2018, Greater Hutch conducted a benefit survey open to all businesses in Reno County. The 2018 Benefit Survey Report is an aggregate of those participating companies. Information collected covers all benefits that a company may offer and...