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Photos by Olivia Bergmeier" /> The Saline County Sheriff's Office and Jail located at 800 E

After three years of planning, this summer, the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce launched its W.O.R.C. Initiative. The program’s mission is to create a pipeline where people returning from incarceration can get a job.

Jeff Lane of Treanor HL presented the schematic to the commission during its meeting Tuesday morning. The site proposed for the facility, near the intersection of N. Front Street and E. Pacific Avenue, is close to 18 acres and will allow for the jail, sheriffs office and parking with additional space available for expansion if necessary. Processes with the city of Salina are underway for the site to allow construction to begin. "We hope to receive some city comments here in the next week or ...