Editing Manhattan, Kansas (section)

==Economy==
Manhattan's economy is heavily based on the [[public sector]]. Kansas State University is the largest employer in town, and its approximately 24,000 students help support the retail and entertainment venues in the city.<ref name=ManEmployers>{{cite web | title = Manhattan Community Profile (2016) |publisher=Manhattan Economic Development | url = https://www.manhattaned.org/DocumentCenter/View/1050/Manhattan-KS-Community-Profile----2016| access-date = June 5, 2018}}</ref> The second-largest employer in Manhattan is the city school district.<ref name=ManEmployers/> Additionally, many civilians and military personnel employed at nearby [[Fort Riley, Kansas|Fort Riley]] also live in Manhattan and support its economy, including more than 3,500 civilian Fort Riley employees.<ref name=ManEmployers/> Finally, most of the 150 employees in the [[Kansas Department of Agriculture]] work in a new office building in Manhattan, next to the [[National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility]] (NBAF).

Large [[private sector]] employers in Manhattan include the [[Ascension Via Christi Health|Ascension Via Christi]] Hospitals, [[CivicPlus]], and [[FBL Financial Group|Farm Bureau]].<ref name=ManEmployers/> Manhattan also features a small industrial base.  Manufacturing and commercial businesses include: GTM Sportswear,<ref name=ManEmployers/><ref>NationJob [http://www.nationjob.com/company/GTMS ''GTM Sportswear''] Retrieved on April 2, 2009</ref> Florence Corporation,<ref name=ManEmployers/><ref>Auth-Florence [http://www.siteselection.com/ssinsider/pwatch/pw030210.htm ''Auth-Florence brings 250 job plant to Manhattan''] Retrieved on April 2, 2009</ref> Manko Windows,<ref name=ManEmployers/><ref>[http://www.mankowindows.com/about.jsp "About"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830095443/http://www.mankowindows.com/about.jsp |date=August 30, 2009 }}, Manko Windows, Retrieved on April 9, 2009</ref> [[Parker Hannifin]], the McCall Pattern Company,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/fashion/mccalls-pattern-company-sewing-do-it-yourself.html?_r=0|title = Do-It-Yourself Fashion Thrives at the McCall Pattern Company|newspaper = The New York Times|date = August 2, 2016|last1 = Kurutz|first1 = Steven}}</ref> [[Ultra Electronics]]-ICE,<ref>ICE Corporation [https://www.ultra-ice.com/index.php] Retrieved on June 5, 2018</ref>  and Farrar Corporation.

The Steel & Pipe Supply Co. began in Manhattan in 1933, with corporate headquarters in the city although it has moved its fabrication and distribution to other locations.

===Historic businesses===
Manhattan's [[Tallgrass Brewing Company]] was the largest brewery in Kansas until it ceased operations in 2018.<ref>{{cite news | last = Hoedel | first = Cindy | title = With throwback strategy, Manhattan's Tallgrass Brewing cans a winner | newspaper = Kansas City Star | date = April 12, 2014 | url = http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/12/4955964/back-to-the-future-of-beer.html | access-date = April 21, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Closing>{{cite news | last = Furnari | first = Chris | title = Tallgrass Founder Performing 'Triage' as Kansas Craft Brewery Ceases Production and Lays Off Workforce | journal = Brewbound | date = August 24, 2018 | url = https://www.brewbound.com/news/tallgrass-founder-performing-triage-kansas-craft-brewery-ceases-production-lays-off-workforce | access-date = July 16, 2019}}</ref> The former [[Dickinson Theatres]] chain began in Manhattan in 1920, and grew to operate in seven states before it was purchased in 2014.