Kansas county pulls bid for Tyson plant amid opposition

 

December 8, 2017



WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas county that's home to Wichita has withdrawn its bid for a Tyson Foods chicken processing plant after weeks of public opposition.

The Greater Wichita Partnership confirmed on Thursday that Sedgwick County has taken itself out of the running for the project. The business group echoed County Commissioner Richard Ranzau's Wednesday statement that there isn't enough support from the commission to offer Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson financial incentives to build the facility, the Wichita Eagle reported .

"Given this information we thought it was best for the projec...



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