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Visiting Chanute
 You will experience a warm Kansas welcome in Chanute. Award-winning efforts have restored the downtown business district to a beautiful, thriving place to shop, eat and have fun. In addition, there is shopping along North and South Santa Fe Street that offers a variety of shops and merchandise. Prices are reasonable, a wide selection is available and parking is plentiful.
Chanute’s progress and success is attributable to a pro-active city commission and the professional guidance of an involved city manager and staff. Combine these attributes with a strong Chamber of Commerce and Main Street program and you have a great place to visit, do business, earn a living and raise a family.
Chanute’s professional
Fire
and
Police
Departments are equipped with State-of-the-Art equipment and
offer 24-hour services to the community. Many of the city offices are located in the renovated Memorial Building, providing a central location for easy access. The city provides full-service utilities, which guarantees the best in service and competitive rates for residential, business and industrial customers.
Chanute’s
Martin Johnson Municipal Airport has experienced
continuous updating to meet today’s flying requirements of
mid-size corporate jets. The fixed-base operator offers fuel, storage, a pilot’s lounge, courtesy and rental car services 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.
Unified School District 413 (Chanute Public Schools) is committed to creating, providing and maintaining an educational environment that promotes the physical, mental and social development of each individual. The district has a “students first” philosophy that is exemplified in everything it does. With the passage of $42.7 million bond issue, a new high school and a new elementary school have been built and the middle school has been renovated. Classes began in the new buildings in the Fall of 2008. Several private schools are available also.
Neosho
County Community College offers a variety of educational opportunities, including two-year associate degrees, transfer programs, certificates, vocational training, continuing education and lifetime learning. The college also has agreements with Pittsburg  State University and Emporia State University where students can earn a variety of options due to a new interactive television classroom that allows NCCC to share course offerings with other colleges via a two-way television communication system. NCCC’s Mary Grimes School of Nursing is highly regarded in the medical field.
NCCC also has an excellent training and retraining program to prepare unemployed, dislocated or newly returning adults to the workforce. In addition, NCCC is a central location for a variety of career placement services and works directly with local unemployment agencies. Several federally funded grants have allowed the college to also help those students who may be academically challenged. Many students qualify for financial assistance and free tutoring is available to all students.
Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center is a Critical Access Hospital that provides a variety of acute and outpatient care services to the Southeast Kansas area. This county-owned facility has attracted an outstanding medical staff including specialists in the fields of: family medicine, internal medicine, orthopedics, obstetrics & gynecology, urology, dermatology, general surgery and pediatrics. In 2006, NMRMC broke ground on a $20 million hospital expansion project that will be completed in late 2009.
We are very proud of the quality of life in
Chanute. Browse through the Chanute Tribune, our daily newspaper, or listen to
KKOY AM/FM or
KINZ
FM, our local radio stations. You will enjoy the advantages of our city’s size, big enough but not too big. You can feel secure about a walk in the park or about your children walking to and from school. Enjoy the friendliness that is one of our major resources and you will soon understand why people think our community is a great place to visit or to live. No matter what your age group, Chanute has something to offer. Try our quality of life and feel right at home.
Chanute is blessed with excellent
recreational possibilities. Athletics for youth and adults; instructional and cultural programs as well as special events make up a year-round program managed by the Chanute Recreation Commission. Lighted tennis and outdoor basketball courts, a community building and a 40-acre lake for boating and fishing are just some of the excellent facilities located in the five city parks that cover more than 300 acres. Besides local support, the Santa Fe sports complex with six softball fields and the Katy baseball diamond annually draw tournaments and visitors from around the state and region. If golf is more your speed, the fairways at the Safari Golf Course or Quarry Stone provide a relaxing environment in which to spend an afternoon. For the outdoor sportsman, Chanute is in the middle of an excellent hunting and fishing region. Local hunting outfitters can provide tips on how to bag trophy deer, quail, turkey, raccoons and other game. The 1873 Austin Bridge is located in Santa Fe Park. The Bridge is constructed of cast iron and is believed to be the longest bowstring arch bridge of that era in the United States. If you want to take a hike or a leisurely stroll, the bridge serves as the southern terminus of a 3.11 mile hike/bike path.
 The
Chanute Art
Gallery and
Martin and Osa Johnson
Safari Museum are jewels set in the heart of downtown. The gallery offers changing exhibits featuring local and nationally known artists. An annual feature is a two-day quilt show every October. The Safari Museum® showcases the story of Martin and Osa Johnson who photographed Africa, the South Seas and Borneo from 1917 to 1936. The Johnsons lived in Africa for a number of years. Their films and photographs are still used today in such places as the lodge at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. A significant exhibit of African art and artifacts occupy the first floor of the Museum. The Museum is located in a restored 1902 Santa Fe Depot.
The oldest Mexican Fiesta celebration in Kansas is held annually on the second weekend of September. Authentic food, music and dancing is the highlight of the event. The Artist Alley Festival is held annually on the the last Saturday in September. It attracts visitors from a wide area and is especially utilized as a family and class reunion opportunity. During the weekend of Artist Alley, Chanute Community Theatre presents one of its three annual productions in the historic Memorial Auditorium.
 Chanute has a wide diversity of strong
businesses. Daily our businesses manufacture recreational vehicles, electronics, wire and cable, furniture, power generating equipment, cement and a multitude of other products. A full-line of professional businesses provide services including medical, educational, governmental, legal, financial, communications and engineering. In addition, our retail businesses offer a variety of items not usually found outside the big city.
The City of Chanute supports the growth of our local industries and merchants with a comprehensive set of economic development incentives. In addition, a committee of volunteers works to advance economic development activities.
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