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🌾 Cookies for a Cause

🌾 Cookies for a Cause

Help clean up the streets while eating delicious cookies

Landon Huslig
December 15, 2025

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Wichita!

You have now experiened the earliest sunset of the year and evenings will only get brighter form here on out.

Let’s get to it!

- Landon

News

Cookies for a Cause

When does a cookie become more than a cookie?

When it helps raise money for people cleaning up the streets of Wichita, specifically helping people get out and stay out of gangs.

That is exactly what Hope 4 Da Hood does and now they’re partnering with Reverie Roasters to sell cookies by the dozen to help fund this mission.

Click here to buy your cookies or make a donation towards their goal (I’d recommend the cookie option personally, they are delicious). Their goal is $50,000 which unlocks a 2-1 match of another $100,000.

Together with the Sedgwick County Zoo

One of the places our family loves most in Wichita is the Sedgwick County Zoo.

We’re truly lucky to have a zoo of this quality right in our backyard. With an incredible variety of exhibits and new experiences added every year, it never gets old.

This holiday season, give the gift of a Zoo membership. It is a present that brings joy not just once, but visit after visit, all year long. 🦒🎁

LOCAL BUSINESS

Opening

Culver’s - 2925 S Rock Rd in Derby - Now Open
Signature Solutions - Now Open
The Big Biscuit (1st of 4 Wichita locations) - 2330 N Maize Rd - Now Open
Davito’s Kitchen & Bakery - 2131 S Broadway - Now Open
SK Donuts - 1920 W 21st St (former NAS Kitchen) - Opening likely in January
Black Bird Burger (from Sebastian Gordon who opened Red Bird) - former Chick N Max space near Central & Edgemoor - Opening this Spring

Closing

Margarita’s Cantina - Closing after 30 years (moving to a smaller space, location TBD) - Last Day is New Year’s Eve
Tom’s Lotus Garden - 822 S Broadway - Staying open until late January

Gilley’s Entertainment Complex

Gilley’s in Park City officially opens today!

It is not your run of the mill casino, but offers a whole bunch of things with two types of betting.

One of these types is historical horse races or HHR betting.

Wichita Festivals

Wichita Festivals puts on a couple of your favorite events like Riverfest and Autumn & Art.

Now they’re branching out to start another called Flavor & Barbecue Fest on October 2-3 near Century II.

Surf (and more) Facility

The nearly $200 million multi-sport entertainment project Ignite at K-96 has moved to the next step by the Wichita City Council at a public hearing.

The next step is to consider and vote on the amendment to the STAR bonds district’s project plan coming up tomorrow 12/16.

GIFTED

Kelly’s Family Diner

Two of my good friends - Wichita by EB and Jacob with Manage to Create - have come up with a new project and video series highlighting local gifts to Wichita who deserve love and attention from Wichita.

Their most recent highlight was Kelly’s Family Diner at 1825 S Broadway.

Together with Ballet Wichita

🎄✨ Get swept away by the magic of the season with Ballet Wichita’s 51st annual production of The Nutcracker.

From December 19–21, 2025 at Century II Concert Hall, enjoy live Tchaikovsky music, stunning costumes, and world-class dancing as Clara, the Nutcracker Prince, and the Sugar Plum Fairy transport you to the Land of Sweets.

A Wichita holiday tradition for all ages.

Tickets are on sale now and seats go fast. 🎟️

CIVIL

Wichita Public Schools

Shoutout to the WPS high school students who built a fully-functional, single-engine plane that will be unveiled at 10:30am tomorrow at the FutureReady Manufacturing Center.

Park Landing

The City of Wichita just broke ground on the new Park Landing Facility (to open in mid-2027) which will help move Wichita closer to “functional zero homelessness” which means Wichita has more units to house them than there are people entering homelessness.

LOCAL

KT Woodman

Wichita State has gone ahead and cancelled the 2026 KT Woodman Classic and Shocker Pre-State Challenge (April 2026) after the heavy summer / fall rains this year pushed back construction progress on the stadium.

Barry Sanders

Congrats to Wichita’s very own Barry Sanders on being named to the KSHSAA Hall of Fame Class of 2026.

Local Art

If you need some local art, check out Bill Goffrier.

We have about 5 pieces on my son’s wall and we all love them.

Avery Hoy

Avery Hoy is one of the world’s youngest paramedics.

ICT EXTRA

Local Author

Elyce Arons grew up in the Wichita-area and wen ton to being roommates and cofounders with Kate Spade. Now she has a book about that friendship.

Way Over the Rainbow

Check out Wichita musician David Lord’s new album “Way Over the Rainbow”.