Accelerating Regional Economic Growth

• The Partnership consists of more than 120 investors, including both public and private organizations and businesses.
• Carrying out the mission of the organization is a team consisting of business and community leaders and full-time staff, dedicated to discovering catalytic ways to grow the area’s economy.
• The team provides up-to-date market data, empowering the private and public sector to make strategic business decisions. Additionally, the Partnership implements marketing campaigns to promote regional business and talent opportunities, while providing the resources and vision to ensure the community stays on the right path toward progress.

• The Partnership has the community at heart, taking a proactive stance to lead community and regional initiatives toward actionable results. In moments of economic challenge or crisis, the team’s dedication to the community continues, facing adversity and creating solutions together.
• The Partnership purposefully collaborates with an extensive list of community partners, subject matter experts and industries for a holistic approach to economic growth, recognizing that success requires teamwork and action.
• While it may be customary for other communities to work on one strategic plan at a time, the Partnership initiated and completed three major planning efforts in one year to ensure cohesiveness, alignment and integration of strategies and tactics.

In 2012, more than 100 private-sector companies came together within the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce to form the Leadership Council, a group looking for ways to move the region’s economic development forward. It was determined that the best approach to achieve the region’s long-term goals was through greater coordination between local businesses, non-profits and government agencies. To facilitate this strategy, the group began the process of forming the Greater Wichita Partnership — an organization that could serve as a hub for collaboration and communication between public and private sectors. The Partnership was officially launched in 2015, bringing Downtown Wichita, the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition, and multiple economic development committees and task forces together as a collaborative initiative. The Leadership Council was originally initiated by the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce.