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Bucklin Tractor & Implement, Great Bend Chamber celebrate groundbreaking
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Courtesy photo Pictured at a groundbreaking for the new BTI location in Great Bend, back row, from left: Jay Lauerman, BCYP Steering Chair; Paul Snapp, First Kansas Bank; Davis Jimeniz, City Council; Ryan Unruh, BTI Corporate Service Manager; Chase Regher, BTI Sales Rep at Great Bend Store, Driggs Design of Hays. Front row: Mike Estes, BTI VP; Mark Calcara, Great Bend Economic Development Board; Letty Bachelor, BTI VP; Sara Hayden, Great Bend Economic Development President; Wes Bainter, General Contractor; Darrel Shumway, Project Manager; Kendal Francis, City Administrator for City of Great Bend; Kelly Estes, BTI CEO; Cody Dick, BTI Great Bend Store Manager; Jeremie Estes, BTI Corporate Sales Manager; Ed Dewey, GN Bank of Bucklin; Charell Owings, Chamber Ambassador; Jon Prescott, County Commission; Kris Sundahl, Chamber Ambassador.

The Great Bend Chamber of Commerce joined Great Bend Economic Development and community leaders to commemorate the groundbreaking and start of construction on the new BTI location in Great Bend on Monday, June 6. 

Great Bend BTI will build a new John Deere Implement location across the road from its current store south of Great Bend on U.S. 281. This build ensures that BTI will be able to care for its customers and employees now and into the future. The build is located catty-corner from the current Great Bend Store on the west side of the highway. 

Employing approximately 200 people, BTI serves 23 counties of agriculturalists throughout the Midwest. The business has grown to six locations after opening in 1944. At Bucklin Tractor & Implement Co., they value the opportunity to create a long-term relationship with their customers, and they do that by giving the best customer service available,  said BTI CEO Kelly Estes. BTI’s motto is, “our family in partnership with your family.”  

Learn more about BTI at any of its six locations in Bucklin, Greensburg, Ness City, Great Bend, Hoxie and Pratt. Follow BTI on Facebook at Bucklin Tractor & Implement, Twitter @BTIequip, and Instagram @btijohndeere.