BY CARRIE RENGERS crengers@wichitaeagle.com Rochelle Stroh first began working in restaurants at age 18 and eventually went into management for Chick-fil-A. Restaurant experience isn’t the biggest motivation for her new Ecclesia coffee shop, though. “God just really put it on my heart that I was supposed to be
Thirty companies were honored this week at the Wichita Business Journal’s 2015 Best Places to Work Awards, sponsored by Meritrust. The companies were finalists because they scored highest on employee engagement surveys taken by their staffs. Click on this link to see pictures from the
BY DANIEL SALAZAR dsalazar@wichitaeagle.com A new tag office with more parking spaces will finally open next year. Sedgwick County commissioners unanimously approved the contract for a new office at a former Dillons store on the southwest corner of Douglas and Meridian. The county’s current
BY CARRIE RENGERS For anyone who has ever struggled to find parking at the county’s main tag office at Murdock and Water or been stuck in a crowded line there or left standing when there haven’t been enough chairs, there’s hope. The county is close
Screenshot from website Courtesy of XtremeHelmets.com BY CARRIE RENGERS Lisa Greenwood has no problem admitting she has “a weird fascination for helmets.” “I don’t know how to explain it,” she says. “I like the graphics. I like the technology. And I like providing safety gear for people.
Monday’s news that Marriott International is buying the Starwood hotel chain in a $12.2 billion deal didn’t faze hotelier Jim Korroch, who is helping Great Plains Ventures open a Starwood property in Wichita. “Starwood and Marriott have two of the very top … guest loyalty programs,” Korroch says. He says it’s huge that Starwood
