There have been good things happening on the economic development front over the past year, from the Holiday Inn Express to Freddy’s to a myriad of other new businesses and business expansions. But Great Bend Chamber of Commerce President Jan Peters was looking into 2017 when she gave her report to the Great Bend City Council Tuesday night.“I was trying to think of what to tell you at the start of a new year,” she said. Then she harked back to a conversation with City Administrator Howard Partington a decade ago about the importance of strong relationships.“That’s what we’re going to get back to,” she said.