Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau
July & August 2017
site, and two 24 acre sites that are development, we will not be successful $917,000,000 in new private sector
not shovel ready. In order to be able in attracting new businesses to capital investment in Emporia and
to compete for the next Simmons Emporia. Lyon County with over 2,245,000
Pet Food, or Hill’s Pet Nutrition type
project, we need more industrial tracts
of 80 acres or greater.
I can absolutely assure you, without
the proper sized sites for business
The RDA from 1993 to today has
assisted businesses in creating over
2,000 full-time jobs, which represents
12.3% of the total employment for
Lyon County. There has been over
27
sq. ft. of new buildings constructed,
having pad ready real estate sites is
paramount. Just think what Emporia
and Lyon County would be if this land
was not available - none of this have
happened.