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August 5, 2009
FOX 4
Wyco: Schlitterbahn not living up to hiring goals
KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Wyandotte County says the new Schlitterbahn water park isn't living up to its hiring goals. Those goals are designed to provide construction work to local, minority and female-owned businesses.

August 5, 2009
The Kansas City Star
Wyandotte County says Schlitterbahn not using enough local, minority and women-owned contractors

Wyandotte County’s Unified Government is refusing to release a public subsidy for the Schlitterbahn Vacation Village until the new waterpark improves efforts to hire more local, minority and women-owned contractors.
 

July 22, 2009
FOX 4

Union calls for boycott of Schlitterbahn
KANSAS CITY, KAN - Union carpenters are calling for metro residents to boycott Schlitterbahn in Kansas City, Kansas, claiming that the park violated its development agreement with Wyandotte County and did not hire local workers to build the new water park.
 

July 22, 2009
For Immediate Release
Schlitterbahn Water Park Filled with Broken Promises:
Families encouraged to support local workers and boycott park
 
Kansas City, Kansas, July 20, 2009 – When Schlitterbahn began discussions about building the water park in Kansas City, Kansas five years ago, the company promised the project would put local construction people to work. But like so many other times, it seems that once the public financing is secured, those promises go out the window. The owners have since brought in a new construction company out of Texas called Henry & Sons, which is owned by the same family that owns Schlitterbahn. (Click here to download a PDF of this release)
 

July 15, 2009
The Kansas City Star
Schlitterbahn park welcomes its first guests
After enduring construction delays, a poor economy and smart barbs from a skeptical public, Schlitterbahn Vacation Village is finally open.

July 10, 2009
Kansas City Business Journal
Schlitterbahn Vacation Village nears opening
Amid rumors that the proposed $750 million Schlitterbahn Vacation Village in Kansas City, Kan., was tanking early this year, a principal with Schlitterbahn Waterparks made a bold claim.
“You’re going to be swimming on Memorial Day; that’s the Jeff Henry personal guarantee,” Henry said from New Braunfels, Texas, home to one of three water parks his family has opened in the Lone Star state.
Henry’s prediction that the new water park would emerge from the dirt in four months didn’t quite come true.
 

June 25, 2009
FOX 4
Schlitterbahn Opening Date Up In the Air
One of the most anticipated openings of the summer is behind schedule. Operators of the Schlitterbahn water park near the Legends are refusing to say exactly when it will open, despite a prior promise of June.