STAR bond project at Expo

Great Bend Economic Development is working with Great Bend on a STAR bond project. In April, Sara Arnberger, who was GBED director at the time, said, this multi-million dollar project would enhance the Expo Complex west of town, “as well as partner up with our hotel and restaurant development (on 10th St.).”

Sales Tax and Revenue (STAR) bonds were created by the Kansas Legislature in 1999 as a tool for cities and counties to develop major commercial, entertainment and tourism areas. Arnberger said Great Bend is in the final process of gaining State approval for the project. It began in 2022 when GBED started collaborating with designers and talking about what that project would look like.

At previous Great Bend City Council meetings, it was explained that the w

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