HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Site Selection Magazine recently released its 2021 Governor’s Cup rankings, where Kansas tied for first with Texas.
This is the ninth year Site Selection has recognized the state with the most qualifying new and expanded facilities per capita.
Kansas was first for the first time ever for its capital investment activity in 2021. As part of this ranking, Hutchinson tied for 27th as one of the top 100 performing “micropolitan” areas in the United States.
Six other Kansas communities were recognized - Dodge City, Emporia and Liberal tied for 39th and Coffeyville, McPherson, and Salina tied for 69th.
Hutchinson is continuing to work on improving its infrastructure as a potential site for business, with a private group getting together to ask the Hutchinson City Council for Industrial Revenue Bonds to build a spec building in the Kansas Enterprise Industrial Park that will be constructed later this year.