Jared Wasinger News Today

The Kansas Department of Commerce has announced that the City of Manhattan will be a recipient of a $1.5 million Building a Stronger Economy (BASE) Grant for the buildout of “The Garage” Entrepreneur and Innovation Center.

The City of Manhattan has announced that Wyatt Thompson will join the City Manager’s Office as an assistant city manager. Thompson joins fellow Assistant City Manager Jared Wasinger, who was named to the office in March 2022. Thompson has served as the interim Parks and Recreation Director for the past year, bridging the gap between [...]

The City of Manhattan is announcing the release of its 2023 Community Survey. The community survey will be sent to a sample of more than 11,000 households during the week of April 17-21.

After multiple rounds of severe weather throughout June, significant tree damage has slowed City of Manhattan efforts to tidy up area Right-of-Ways. Initially planned to take a week starting June 21st and rotate through the city as divided into 5 zones, crews took multiple days to get through zone 1 – which constituted the Ward [...]

In Focus 3/17/21 Manhattan Assistant to the City Manager Jared Wasinger, Public Information Officer Vivienne Uccello and Community Committee Co-Chair Dustin Duntz joined us to discuss the upcoming Manhattan strategic plan and their virtual community engagement sessions starting next week. More information can be found at engagemhk.org/crossroads.       0317 Engage MHk 1       0317 Engage MHk 2 Manhattan Christian College President Kevin Ingram and Athletic Director Jordan Stro...

Aggieville Parking Garage construction launches following groundbreaking ceremony Representatives of Olsson & BBN Architects design team, McCown-Gordon Construction, and the City of Manhattan joined together to lay the foundations that would light up Aggieville development on a otherwise dark, and overcast Friday. This slideshow requires JavaScript. Laying the foundations from which the Aggieville parking garage will rise, Mayor Usha Reddi thanked the Riley County Commission, as well as U...