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Philanthropy & Nonprofits Nonprofit seeks city incentive to support $10M literacy center
Storytime Village has started work on turning a historic home that was the first women's dorm for Wichita State University into a childhood education and literacy center.](https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2026/06/12/storytime-village-tax-incentive-literary-center.html)

Commercial Real Estate

Investors buy prime Delano property targeting retail, office

Lacy Critchfield, a local realtor, and her husband Miguel Lopez, are building a commercial portfolio with properties in central Wichita,...](https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2026/06/11/delano-building-sells-mila-properties-lacy.html)

Sports Business

BizTalk 465: Minor-league baseball's name game hits Wichita

The team partnered with Wichita Festivals Inc. to bring back antique bathtub races that were a Riverfest mainstay for more...](https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2026/06/12/biztalk-465-matt-hamilton-turbo-tubs.html)

Philanthropy & Nonprofits

$1M challenge grant targets homelessness in Wichita

The three-year matching grant to Second Light comes as federal funding ends this fall. Voters rejected a sales-tax measure in...](https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2026/06/12/united-way-plains-challenge-grant-second-light.html)

Manufacturing

New CEO at aerospace firm makes hiring push

Ben Murrell replaced Terry Karst in May at the metal processing supplier. The company employs about 225 but was 100...](https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2026/06/12/ten-minutes-with-ben-murrel-aviation-supplier.html)

Commercial Real Estate

Projects underway by region's top general contractors

Wichita's top construction firms are bringing some of the region's most significant projects to life including the Wichita Biomedical Campus,...](https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2026/06/12/major-projects-constructed-top-general-contractors.html)