By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
Putting property back on the local tax rolls. USD 428 moved its District Education Center to its new location at 1809 24th Street in Great Bend earlier this year. That and an earlier move opened up properties at 201 S. Patton Road and 2201 Broadway Ave. At Monday's board meeting, Assistant Superintendent John Popp presented the winning bid on 201 S. Patton Road for approval. ONE Gas, the parent company of Kansas Gas Service, won the sealed bid at $700,000.
"We're working up the contract now for the sale of that one," Popp said. "We'll send it to them and they'll go through their legal department. I know they have some things they have to do like environment studies and things like that."
The district received no bids on the former central kitchen property at 2201 Broadway Ave. in Great Bend. Popp presented the board with options to move forward on the property, including another round of bids or hiring a real estate agent. The board approved a request for proposal (RFP) to find a real estate agency to market the property for sale.
"If there's a restaurant that wanted to come in and start up here, central kitchen would be a great starting place because it has fridges and coolers in it," Popp said. "It needs a lot of work but it would be a good starting place for something like that."
The approved RFP will consider commissions on a sale, its closing rate on commercial properties, and ensure that the real estate agency has an operating office in Great Bend.