Headline in today’s Kansas City Star reads:
$40 million laboratory is coming to Olathe!!!
I threw in the exclamation points in because not only is this good news for Olathe as far as jobs and prestige go, but also housing. You see, it’s a basic real estate principal that the more jobs there are, and are being created, the more housing will be in demand. Fewer jobs and you have a lower housing demand.
So with the coming of this lab by Fort Dodge Animal Health to western Olathe, along with US Bank’s announcement that they would be putting in a technology center, it really looks like Olathe is on the move!
By the way, the paper also points out that, and I quote:
…a corridor stretching roughly from Manhattan, KS, to Columbia, MO, is home to more than 100 companies accounting for about one-third of the $15.2 billion in annual global sales for animal health industry.
I guess I now know why Olathe created a BioScience Park!
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As a side note, this is my first post ever! What did you think? Let me know.
Holly, your first post is awesome! Welcome to the blogging world. You have the best blogger to learn from right on your team – Chris.
Great job on the blog – it looks great!
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