Junction City will be sending a number of representatives to the annual Leaders’ Retreat held in Overland Park this Friday and Saturday.

Mayor Mick McCallister, will be among the local representatives and he explained the retreat provides a good opportunity for regional leaders to sit down at the same table together.

“Go to the table and talk and network, on some of our issues and concerns that we have. Over the course of the last couple of years we’ve started in motion things that we’ve been working on, and this is a time to make sure that those things are working forward,” said McCallister.

There are a number of topics on the agenda for the retreat but the three major topics include discussions on Fort Riley, the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility being built in Manhattan, and workforce development for the entire region.