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🌾 How do you feel about maps?

🌾 How do you feel about maps?

You get a map and you get a map and you get a map

Landon Huslig
January 12, 2026

TOGETHER WITH

Happy New Year, Wichita!

If you go to a church, work at a church, or maybe just know a pastor somewhere in town - please send a pastor (or someone at your church) our deep dive on CarePortal. This is the easiest way to connect people who need help with people who can help and it makes all of the difference for our community.

Let’s get to it!

- Landon

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News

Maps

How do you feel about maps?

The beauty of maps is their ability to visualize data in ways that surface perspectives you might otherwise miss.

Here is an article series that talks about “walkability rules” and highlights where we are currently at in Wichita, things like:

There are 1103 bus stops in Wichita, but more than 84% of them do not have benches
Pocket parks in the 1970s led to NE Wichita residents having better access to green spaces than the rest of the city
~35% of all land area downtown is devoted to parking

Together with the City of Wichita

🏀 New Men’s 5v5 Basketball League! 🏀

Get ready to ball out this winter! Our new Men’s Adult 5v5 Basketball League at Brewer Community Center is here—fast-paced, competitive, and packed with fun.

👟 Form your squad or join as a free agent
📅 Games start the week of January 12
🗓 Season runs Jan 17 – Mar 21, 2026
📍 Brewer Community Center
💲 $400 per team
🕒 Saturday game times: 11am, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm

Don’t miss your shot—spots fill fast!

LOCAL BUSINESS

Opening

Taste of Flavors (carryout only) - 2545 N Hillside St - Now Open
AOA Now-Orthopedic Immediate Care at Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa - 14700 W St. Teresa Suite 130 - Now Open

Newly Renovated

Vanya Designs Bridal Couture

Closing

Joy Tea - 11414 E Central Ave - Now Closed
Lima Nation - 2146 N Collective Lane - Now Closed
Wok Hey - 1444 N Maize Rd - Now Closed

Reverie

Shoutout to Reverie Coffee Roasters for helping Hope 4 Da Hood raise $36,000 by cooking over 18,000 cookies leading up to Christmas.

NONPROFIT

ICTSOS

We should all be more aware of the nonprofits in town.

One example is ICT SOS.

ICT SOS has a goal to End Human Trafficking in Wichita.

Wichita Life Job Board

Did you know there is a hyper-local job board right here in Wichita?

You can post all types of jobs that will get in front of 10s of thousands of Wichitans on our email and socials?

You can also look for jobs in media, tech, marketing, engineering, and so much more.

CIVIL

Polling Locations Reassigned

Some polling locations for Wichita’s March 3 special election will change after Sedgwick County officials announced that 11 regular polling sites are unavailable, impacting about 26,000 voters and increasing election costs by $20,000 to mail updated location postcards.

The City of Wichita will cover the total $170,000 cost of the election from the City Manager’s contingency budget. City Council previously approved the March 3 election on a proposed sales tax, with a public workshop scheduled for January 27 at City Hall to discuss how funds would be managed if the measure passes.

LOCAL

Unhinged Wichita Hack

We posted a video asking for your best Wichita hacks.

People posted things like:

Free Hummus Monday at N&J
Get an extra side/scoop of chicken salad at Old Mill because I like using it as a dip for my potato chips.
If you order a Freddy’s kids cheeseburger, it is indeed the same size as the regular cheeseburger…🍔

What are we missing?

Cash Mob

Our friend EB is putting together a “Cash Mob” at The James & Rye where essentially everyone hits up a single business to flood them with business, cash, and good vibes.

Head to James and Rye on Monday, January 26th!

Silly Pickles

Silly Pickles is coming back to Wichita and Chicken n Pickle! It is 8 weeks of fun, pickleball lay.

Kansas Aviation Museum