Wichita State will receive $1 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) for the construction of roads and parking that will provide access to the Innovation Campus. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development and EDA Chief Operating Officer Matt Erskine will be in Wichita on Wednesday, July 8, for grant updates from Wichita State and Pittsburg State University, and an Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP) Roundtable. The community is invited to attend the grant updates and discussion from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, in the Student Center Auditorium at the National Center for Aviation Training.
The WSU project includes construction of an access road to the west of Innovation Campus' Experiential Engineering Building that connects with Perimeter Road and a roundabout east of the building on a new campus entry road. Named "Innovation Way," the road will be the main entrance to the Experiential Engineering Building parking lot and will be extended northward from 17th Street to Mike Oatman Drive in future development.
