Thursday, November 17, 2011

Boeing deal gives other Wichita businesses hope

(WICHITA, Kan.)—  Nobody felt the downturn in the economy more than Lewjene Schneider, she sells homes.

"We might as well shut our doors for a few years. It has been absolutely dead in real estate," she said.

That's why when she found out about the latest Boeing order, she was excited.

"People are going to make more money and feel confident about their job and their going to want to move to a bigger house and improve their life," said Schneider.

Schneider thinks she'll start seeing business pick up as soon as this weekend. She's added staff to her office and is working on new marketing materials, all in hopes that the big Boeing announcement will inspire people to buy houses.

"It's a great sense of stability for the entire community not just people that work there," She said.

Including businesses around Spirit Aerosystems. The people who run a burger joint near there say they are equally excited and hope the big order will allow people to eat out more.

"It's going to be a lot busier and help a lot of other local businesses," said Walt’s employee Kim Hopper.

While it's not known exactly how this order will impact Spirit, the good news gives everyone a little hope, something that's been lacking for the past few years.

"This could be the start of the economy coming around and things getting better for everybody," said Hopper.

http://www.kwch.com

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