- Identifying, building, and promoting a Strategic Plan for economic development efforts in the State of Kansas;
- To complement the Strategic Plan, Kansas, Inc. develops and implements a proactive and aggressive research agenda, which is used to identify and promote sound economic development strategies and policies;
- Through collaboration and outreach with economic development entities and other potential partners, Kansas, Inc. conducts evaluation reviews and provides oversight of economic development programs to benchmark economic development efforts in the State of Kansas.
To accomplish these tasks, Kansas, Inc. provides a respected forum for business and industry, local leaders, and state executive and legislative officials to debate issues directly with one another. Our privately funded research program provides the facts and information essential for sound decisions. Since 1986, Kansas, Inc. research reports have covered such diverse topics as: aviation, value-added agriculture, business taxation, interstate banking, oil and gas, business financing, job training, rural development, workforce training, education, worker productivity, and the film industry. Through analysis and open dialogue, Kansas, Inc. identifies policy options and builds the consensus essential for concerted action on vital economic issues. Kansas, Inc. is designed to be a public-private partnership with expectations that the state investments are leveraged with other funds to maintain a strong research portfolio.