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Henry McClure 785.383.9994  Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device Get Outlook for Android From: Ashley Lehman <ashley.lehman@topekapartnership.com> Sent: Thursday, 17 September 2026 08:27:00 Cc: Ashley Lehman <ashley.lehman@topekapartnership.com> Subject: Project Paws - Real Estate Inquiry   Hello,   The Kansas Department of Commerce is working directly with a company that would like to review real estate options for a possible production/R&D/sales/distribution facility. At this time, they are only interested in existing facility to purchase , not lease.     Timeline: As soon as possible. Within 3 months. Operational 10+ months after purchase.   Can you please review the criteria below and share any possible buildings that match the requirements by September 23 rd .   Minimum Site Requirements: EXISTING BUILDINGS FOR SALE with a target between 79k-87k sq...

Henry McClure 785.383.9994  Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device Get Outlook for Android From: Valley Park <valleyparkniatopeka@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, 16 September 2026 21:16:32 To: Zaynah Afada <zafada@topeka.org>; Braxton Copley <bcopley@topeka.org>; Spencer Duncan <sduncan@topeka.org> Cc: City Manager <citymanager@topeka.org> Subject: Business entrance/exit issue for ADA Transportation   Hi Spencer, Braxton, and Zaynah,   It sounded like we lost the whole underbelly of our ADA modified van the last time we left the Tuptim Thai restaurant due the slope of the entrance/exit not being what it should be!  This issue, I predict, is an engineering matter since city street projects often include replacements of business and residential entrances/exits.  I am not sure a warning sign would help as the parking lot can be a little congestive...

Yes. There is a real literature on this, and the short version is: **generous housing and homeless services can help the people who receive them and still fail—or even worsen—the city’s overall problem.** The “magnet” story is only one piece. The more common backfire is a **stock-and-flow problem**: people keep falling into homelessness faster than expensive programs can house them, while Housing First-style units with no treatment requirements can become long-term, high-cost holding pens rather than exits. The evidence is mixed by *who* is moving and *what* is being offered. It is not a myth, and it is not a simple “they all hitchhiked here for free apartments” cartoon either. ## What the studies actually show **1. Families respond to generosity. Single adults, much less so.**   Economist Igor Popov’s work using federal Continuum of Care grant formulas (an old, quasi-random funding rule) is the cleanest U.S. evidence. Extra homeless-assistance money: ...