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Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Johnson County will likely add three new representatives to the Kansas House of Representatives next year. A redistricting proposal, which easily passed a House committee on Monday, would separate Gardner, Edgerton and Spring Hill into three separate districts. Currently, all three communities are part of the 43rd District and are represented by [...]
Staff photo by Mark Taylor Railroad tracks are stacked up at the corner of Sycamore and Warren streets as workers prepare to install new tracks that will allow trains to enter and exit the intermodal logistics park in Edgerton. The intermodal, which has one warehouse tenant identified so far, is slated to open in late [...]
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com A contractor for a BNSF administration building on the intermodal site is the subject of a local protest. Laborers from the Unified Brotherhood of Carpenters daily sit beside a large sign stationed near the Gardner Road exit to Interstate 35. The sign reads, “Shame on Crossland Construction.” Ed Rousch, a union member [...]
Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Southwest Johnson County Economic Development Corporation members took part in a bus tour of the construction site following their quarterly luncheon meeting on Sept. 14. John Hovland, director of marketing and facility development, served as one of the tour guides. Hovland said the initial construction calls for 48,000 feet of track, 1,810 [...]
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