In the most Democratic county in Kansas, there is a construction boom that has made it #3 in construction job growth in the country. Democratic mayor, Democratic county government, Democratic majority representation in the state capitol.
Construction crews are far enough along at the new Sporting Kansas City stadium in western Wyandotte County that it’s easy to imagine the intimate seating bowl filled with chanting soccer fans.
On the county’s east edge, the shimmering, blue-green glass exterior of a new medical office building being built at the University of Kansas Hospital signals some stylish architecture has arrived on a medical campus dominated by beige concrete and brick.
Wyandotte County is enjoying a record-breaking commercial construction boom this year, defying the economic slowdown hampering the building industry nationwide as well as in much of the Kansas City area.
And for a carpenter like Toby Weir, the building activity in the county is reason to celebrate in an industry where the local unemployment level recently stood at 17.1 percent.
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