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Cowley County

This link provides a good overview of Cowley County.
http://www.villageprofile.com/kansas/cowleycounty/01wel/topic.html

LAKE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

The following are some selected links to lakes that are similar or have similar features and/or amenities such as the one proposed.

News Articles

The following are selected links to news articles related to the Cowley County lake project:

State Sinks Study
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/9498612.htm

Keep Thinking Big
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/editorial/9517295.htm

County Budget Problems
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w040821/Wed1.html

Lake Not Dead
http://www.arkcity.net/stories/083104/com_0002.shtml

Prosperity Summit
http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2003/08/25/daily41.html

A New Lake
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w030830/Sat3.html

REAP Endorsement
http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2003/09/08/daily6.html?f=et88

Lake More Than Personal Gain
http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2003/09/15/story7.html

Lake is just a dream
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/dave/d030910.html

Lake Could Create Thousands of Jobs
http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2003/10/06/story3.html

Lake Discussion
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w031101/Tues1.html

County To Have Say
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w031011/Fri1.html

Study Should Be Local
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/dave/d031029.html

Wichita CVB Endorsement
http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2003/12/15/daily35.html

Port Authority Draft Non-existent
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w040110/Thurs1.html

Water Office Should Do Study
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w031227/Mon2.html

County looks to Corps to do study
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w031129/Wed1.html

Water Office To Do Study
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w040124/Thurs2.html

County Hears From Corps
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w040110/Tues1.html

Basin Advisory Committee
http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2004/01/26/daily34.html

Dexter Fate
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w040306/Thurs2.html

Panel To Tour Area
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w040327/Tues1.html

Panel Eyes Area
http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w040327/Fri1.html

Wichita Business Journal
http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2004/06/07/editorial1.html


Economic Development Trends

  The following are selected links to articles or other references related to tourism and recreation and leisure development trends around the nation.

A. http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/20020228_vacation.htm


  "[V]acation home buyers continue to seek locales that provide secure seclusion, according to an annual survey of vacation home buyers."

"Baby boomers place a high priority on proximity to activities like skiing and golfing when considering potential second-home locations, he said."

B. http://www.realestatejournal.com/buysell/secondhomes/20011224-bergsman.html

 

"The National Association of Realtors predicts that so many people in their 40s and 50s will enter the second-home market that the influx will account for 100,000 to 150,000 housing starts each year through 2010."

"People are leaving the city, not because they fear terrorism, but because people are reassessing their agenda, getting on with their private, family life," he asserts, "and a property in a scenic part of the country where the whole family can be together has become even more attractive."

"Consider the Michigan's Upper Peninsula vacation region. Centered on Lake Michigan, the second-home market there -- like many others throughout the U.S. -- offers golf and swimming and boating in the summer and snow sports in the winter. Its busiest months are June, July and August, when the population around the small cities of Petoskey and Harbor Springs swells from 9,000 to 29,000."

C. http://realtytimes.com/rtcpages/20030206_secondhomes.htm

  "Most vacation homes are close to the owners' primary residences, a median distance of 185 miles, the survey showed."

D. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/2/prweb107114.htm

  "A recent survey by the National Association of Realtors estimates there are as many as 7 million vacation homes in the United States alone with an occupancy rate averaging 8 weeks per year. NAR's chief economist, David Lereah states the primary motivation for second-home buying is recreation and location with ocean, river, lake, mountain, and other natural attractions topping the list."

E. http://realtytimes.com/rtcpages/20040325_sweethome.htm

  "The newest genre of vacation rentals that one-up hotel expectations are in private and resort communities," says Elisabeth Miller-Fox, President of PrivateCommunities.com.

F. http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/20011205_vaction.htm

  "The best vacation homes are also those within easy traveling distance of your primary residence. If it's too far or too expensive to reach within a few hours, you likely won't use it enough to justify the cost as an owner-occupied vacation home."

G. http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~33~2132735,00.html

  "A new study by the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments reveals that second-home builders and vacation homeowners contribute more than skiers to the resort economies in Pitkin, Eagle, Grand and Summit counties."

H. http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:Qx_v8RRbNogJ:homes.mainetoday.com
/buy/021122secondhome.shtml+second+home+market&hl=en

  "Nationwide this year, second homes are being built at a rate of 125,000 to 150,000 a year, up from just 75,000 in the early '90s, says Gopal Ahluwalia, an economist for the National Association of Home Builders."

I. http://www.thesourcemag.com/Main/Articles.asp?ArticleID=167


  "The baby boomer demographic is key. Baby boomers are getting into a different part of their life cycle. They pretty much have their kids; they're kids are now starting to have their kids; and the baby boomers are now floating off to retirement. As they move into their 50s, that's doing quite a few things from a construction standpoint. One thing is they're going to be dropping out of the labor force. For construction companies, there are two almost opposed problems. One is that as they retire, with whom are you going to replace them? I think there will be a tendency for baby boomers to work later in their life, because they'll be able to and because they'll be healthy enough to do it. Most people don't really want to retire at 61 years and nine months, which is the current average. In the last few years, the average retirement age is starting to move up, and that trend will continue. The other side of that is when people do retire, they often move. Especially in the second-home market, you're seeing that impact already. When you're in your 50s, that's when most second homes get bought. A lot of people buy their second home with the idea that this is their retirement home. So a lot of people are getting rid of that big suburban house and downsizing. Even if they're not, they're buying a second home in some more-pleasant area."

J. http://agency.travelwisconsin.com/Research/
EconomicImpact_Active/03highlightsummary.pdf

  Wisconsin Travel Tourism Report - 2003

K. http://webs.wichita.edu/depttools/depttoolsmemberfiles/cedbr/Tourism.pdf

  Economic Impact of Tourism on Wichita - 2003


Lakes and Tourism

  It's pretty obvious that lakes and tourism are synonomous. Lakes generate significant tourism dollars and can have a major economic impact on an area. The following links are a selected few that state that message very clearly.


Workforce Recruitment

  When it comes to promoting their communities for recruiting new businesses,it's a pretty obvious difference when comparing those with attractive recreational and quality of life opportunities.

and those who don't http://www.gwedc.org/2.htm


Retirement Trends

  It's apparent that many states are looking to become retirement destinations or "senior clusters" as a means of economic development, work force retention and recruitment.

From the USA Today in 2002:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/05/14/retirees-usatcov.htm

  "Many of the nation's 78 million baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, want to move when they retire. But a growing number also want to stay close to home. They want to live around people their age in new developments that combine the comforts of suburbia with the perks of a resort. They'll trade year-round summers for proximity to family, friends and doctors. And because 35% of boomers say they'll keep working after they officially retire, they want to stay close to professional contacts."

From a study by the American City Business Journals in 2002:
http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2002/08/26/focus4.html

  "Most want to age in place, where they have roots. They want to stay reasonably close to their friends and families," said Sarah Zapolsky, senior research advisor for AARP, formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons.


"Ozarks: Retirees are drawn to four rural Arkansas counties scattered from the Missouri line to the fringe of the Little Rock metropolitan area. The biggest is Baxter County, with a population of 38,400."


"On the one hand, North Carolina is one of those places that's becoming quite the retirement haven. A lot of snowbirds from Florida move to North Carolina in the summer because of the weather and the cost of living, Zapolsky said."

As noted in the Business Journal study, the Carolina's are becoming a retirement destination. This trend is noted in a couple of studies which talk about the economic impact. The 1995 South Carolina study is very interesting.


http://retailtrafficmag.com/ar/retail_area_review_gameplan


http://research.moore.sc.edu/Research/studies/PRT/prt95f.pdf

Del Webb, the nation's leading developer of active adult communities, commissioned a study in 2003 to look at boomer trends.
http://www.pulte.com/PressRoom/BabyBoomer2003Summary.pdf


"Relocation in retirement is on the horizon for many baby boomers with nearly 6 out of 10 likely to move to a new home for retirement."

 

    
 
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