By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
There was a small Junction City group in attendance at the Flint Hills Regional Leaders Retreat in Manhattan last week but two members of the city commission are calling for better attendance from Junction City.
Nathan Butler said Tuesday that there was a decent group from Junction City that went to the retreat. "We had one gentleman who stood up and said I've been coming for 30 years and this is the most I've ever heard spoken about Junction City at this event. " Butler added that it was a great event and he hoped that next year Junction City would have more people going to the retreat. "We need a seat at the table."
Commissioner Matthew Bea attended the retreat for the first time and noted that there was "a lot of learning and soaking up the environment. We definitely have to be more transparent or be seen at that place because there are a lot of things Manhattan is doing, and a lot of things Wamego is doing, Pottawatomie ( County ) is doing. It's all good things that we could actually piggy back off of. "
The retreat sponsored by the Chambers of Commerce in Manhattan, Wamego and Junction City is held annually.