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🌾 Spring Forward

🌾 Spring Forward

And new Downtown Sculptures

Landon Huslig
March 06, 2026

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Wichita!

I’ve got good news and bad news..

Good news - Spring is so close. Bad news - we lose an hour of sleep tomorrow night.

Anyways, let’s get to it!

- Landon

Downtown Sculptures

You may have noticed empty art pedestals around downtown and Old Town. Those have been there a while.

Last year, a 10-person selection committee selected 13 sculptures finalists from 234 submissions. They are various sizes from 4.5 - 9.5 ft tall.

The $200,000 purchase was just approved by the city council on Tuesday. Lack of funding led to the old statues being removed in the first place. These new ones will be installed later this year or early next year.

Together with the City of Wichita

Ozone season runs March 1–October 31, when our region is more at risk for high ozone levels. To help improve local air quality, the City of Wichita is launching its 2026 Lawn Care Rebate Program on March 1.

Residents can receive rebates for switching to cleaner lawn equipment alternatives. The City has allocated $10,000 in rebates, available first come, first served.

If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your mower or yard tools, this is your sign.

LOCAL BUSINESS

Opening

Goldfinch Coffee and Cocktails - 1640 E Waterman (Hydraulic and Waterman near Central Standard and White Crow) - Now Open
SK Donuts - 1920 W 21st St (former NAS Kitchen) - Now Open
Wichita Cheesecake Company - 801 E Douglas Ave #110 - Now Re-Opened
11:11 Coquetry Maison - Douglas & Emporia - Officially opens to the public today 3/6 at 3pm
The News’s Eatery (second location) - 3905 N Ridge Rd - TBD
Ziggi’s Coffee - 8669 W 29th St N - Opens 3/10
Southwest National Bank - former Fidelity bank at Bradley Fair

Anniversary

Station 8 BBQ - 1100 E 3rd St N - Celebrating 4 years!

Moving

La Chinta - Moving from 1015 N Broadway to 2615 W 13th S (former Want Bierock Company) - Opening May 5
Want Bierock Company - Moving from 2615 W 13th S to Sedgwick

Starlite Drive-In Szn

It is officially Starlite SZN starting tonight!

Now showing:

Screen 1) Hoppers and Goat

Screen 2) Scream 7 and How to make a Killing

NONPROFIT

Envision Grand Opening

Congrats to Envision on their public grand opening tonight at the new Delano space! They will be open during First Friday for you to check out.

Free Shipping!

(only until the end of the weekend)

You can grab our Wichita Life Cityscape Puzzle or any of our other products with free shipping through Sunday evening until the clock strikes midnight and you all turn back into pumpkins.

This puzzle is coffee table-worthy, great for family nights, and a genuinely thoughtful local gift if you still have some gift giving to do.

To get FREE SHIPPING, just use code WLFreeShipping if it isn’t automatically applied.

CIVIL

No Sales Tax

In a very one-sided election, Wichita has spoken:

Not for the 1% sales tax increase.

Besides the final result, what stood out to me was that only ~50,000 people voted. Does this seem low or high to you?

Property Valuations

If your property value jumped by more than you thought (like 20%+ for some people), you do have until the end of the month to appeal it.

Mold

Mold is not good for anyone. It is especially not good for our Fire Stations where FS15 has already closed with a few more on the list of remediation.

LOCAL

Stingray Farewell

A few years ago, the Sedgwick County Zoo brought in some stingray friends.

This season will be your last chance to see and feed the little guys.

Touching them is for free, feeding them will cost ya (just a few bucks).

Laser K-Pop Demon Hunters

I think that title speaks for itself, don’t miss your chance to see it.

ICT Trees

100 free trees will be given away on April 11th from ICT Trees.

The Oscars

The Oscars are right around the corner (March 15th).

The Wichita Public Library will be screening the short films that are nominated at the Boulevard Theatre Old Town.

✈️ Flight Deal(s) of the Week

Wichita (ICT) → Destin for $110 round-trip (normally $363) - saving you 70%! - March 26 - April 2
Wichita (ICT) → Orlando for $108 round-trip (normally $354) - saving you 70% - May 11 - May 20

Price is subject to change and may no longer be available at the time you check this link.

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