Wichita Mid-Continent Airport Seeks Travel Photos for Its Web site

Three-week promotion will reward best photo with airline tickets

Wichita Mid-Continent Airport will begin featuring travel photos submitted by passengers on its Website beginning in April. The airport is asking patrons to upload their favorite digital images from vacations, mission trips, sporting events or any adventure that originated from the airport. Photos submitted between March 1 and March 21 will be judged and the person submitting the best photo will be awarded two round-trip airline tickets to any destination in the continental United States. "We know thousands of great adventures begin at the airport," said Valerie Wise, Manager of Air Service and Business Development at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. "We really want to engage our customers so they think of Mid-Continent as their airport."

Anyone wanting to submit a photo should go online to www.adventuresareabreeze.com and follow the simple three-step upload process.Photos should be in a horizontal (landscape orientation) format and saved as a jpeg file type. The best of the photos will be featured on the airport's home page beginning April 5. Others photos can be seen in photo albums on the airport's Facebook fan page.

Assisting in the promotion of the photo contest are KAKE-TV Channel 10 and KFDI-FM Radio. The winner of the contest will be announced on or about April 5, 2010. Complete contest rules can be found at www.adventuresareabreeze.com. "You can see the world from Mid-Continent Airport," added Wise. "We're excited to see photos of our customers experiencing the world and share those experiences through our Web site."

The photo submission tool will be integrated into the airport's Web site after the contest so passengers can continue to share their travel images.

Blue Ribbon Small Business Award

Two Wichita businesses were included in the list of 75 companies nation wide that won the Blue Ribbon Small Business of the year award from the US Chamber of Commerce; Cocoa Dolce Artisan Chocolates and ISI Environmental Services. This makes both eligible to be one of 7 companies that could win the Dream Big Small Business of the year award and $10,000 cash.

Click here to see the entire list or to cast your vote for the Dream Big Small Business award.

Leadership Elite

YPW Members are invited to participate in Leadership Elite. Through interactive learning using real-world dilemmas, small group exercises, active discussion and networking, Leadership ELITE emphasizes practical approaches to the key qualities and essential skills for effective leadership.

Leadership ELITE will help you build and maintain a culture that promotes trust,
integrity and high performance. Leadership ELITE will…

• Give you a framework and specific tools to strengthen your existing leadership abilities.

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• Afford you an opportunity to interact with your professional peers to share and learn from one another.

• Provide a risk-free setting to debate, challenge and grow from interaction with a recognized expert.

For more information or how to register use the flyer below.

Leadership%20Elite%20Chamber.pdf

Downtown Market Findings and Upcoming Events

Downtown Market Findings Event a Success!
On January 13th, over 300 individuals attended Downtown Market Findings: Discoveries. We hope you enjoyed the event as much as we did. On our website, we have placed copies of the Goody Clancy presentations on the hotel, housing, office, and retail markets, as well as Downtown's walkability. Please take this opportunity to download these presentations. In addition, a summary of the results from the survey can be found here, which also includes two articles from the Wichita Eagle. We hope to see you at the next great event!


Announcing the 2010 Annual Lecture!
Join us February 25th at the Wichita Scottish Rite for an evening with Mr. Jim Cloar. Mr. Cloar is noted for his work in the cities of Tampa, Florida - sports arena development; Dallas, Texas - Arts District Development; and St. Louis, Missouri - downtown residential and retail. The lecture will focus on how to take a master plan from the vision to implementation. Opening reception will start at 5:30 p.m., lecture will follow at 6:30 p.m. At the conclusion of the lecture there will be a question and answer session with Mr. Cloar and the Goody Clancy team.

Then, join us on Saturday, February 27th, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Wichita Art Museum for the Downtown Master Plan Charrette. This is the cornerstone event that will provide key visioning for the new downtown master plan.

To RSVP, please email us at info@downtownwichita.org or call 316.264.6005.

Goody Clancy Presentation Tonight!

Don't miss your chance to get the latest news on downtown development. Goody Clancy will be presenting their initial analysis on housing, retail and commercial markets as well as the walk-shop images. It's held at the Scottish Rite with a reception starting at 5:30pm and the presentation starting at 6:00pm. Hope to see you there!

Meet Your McConnell Mirror

Don't miss your chance to meet and mingle on McConnell Air Force Base! You must be pre-registered by today: http://bit.ly/7EtOv1.

Classes Enrolling at the Wichita Center for the Arts

WCFTA has a diverse selection of art classes and workshops for all ages from preschool to adult. Classes include drawing, painting, pottery, jewelry making, enameling, sculpture, and cooking. For more details or to enroll, call 316-634-2787 ext. 219 or visit www.wcfta.com.

Click here for a list of classes