This
small
city
in
the
centre
of
Kansas
beat
long
odds
a
few
years
ago
to
convince
German
manufacturer
Siemens
to
locate
its
first
nacelle
production
plant
in
the
Americas
there.
“This
was
the
biggest
economic
development
project
in
Hutchinson’s
history,”
city
manager
John
Deardoff
tells
Recharge.
“We
rolled
up
our
sleeves
and
got
it
done.”
State
officials
and
others
also
helped
in
the
effort.
Until
then,
the
city
was
best
known
for
hosting
the
Kansas
State
Fair,
mining
salt
and
having
the
world’s
longest
grain
elevator,
which
dominates
the
skyline.
But
it
also
had
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