Guys I need to tell u something that a lot of you aren't going to like, MHK has basically transformed itself into a smaller version of Topeka. Chain restaurants for days and nearly every job is state/government sourced. It's a pretty gross combination.
Bingo!
Some perspective as to the possible source of all these government jobs...
Upcoming/ongoing campus construction projects:
Student Union renovation: $25 million.
Durland Hall expansion $30 million.
New College of Business Building $50 million.
NBAF
http://www.k-state.edu/nbaf/ $1.25 BILLION. The facility is a biosafety level-4 laboratory and will replace the aging Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York. NBAF is expected to be operational by 2022-2023.
That $1.25 BILLION is largely from federal taxpayers. The State of Kansas is providing $307 million, and the City of Manhattan is providing $5 million towards the total acquisition cost inclusive of planning, design, construction and commissioning of the $1.25 billion facility. The central utility plant (CUP) will was completed in October 2015. The $80 million CUP, which houses the boilers, chillers, emergency diesel generators, and other support elements for the main laboratory facility, was funded with $40 million in federal appropriations and $40 million in gift funding from the State of Kansas.
Probably why we're getting a Popeye's.
