News Alert

State tax credits for the 2009 tax year remain available through the North Central Regional Planning Commission (NCRPC) and its non-profit affiliate, the North Central Kansas Community Network Co (NCKCN). These credits are valued at 67.5% with funds donated to NCKCN in exchange for these credits being used for rural business development. Currently, $277,000 in credits is available for the North Central Kansas Rural Development Initiative. For tax payers, these credits offer a means of seeing that a portion of their state income tax is used to benefit North Central Kansas. For more information, visit http://www.ncrpc.org/services/economic.html.

Contact Debra Carlson Ohlde, Assistant Director, or John Cyr, Special Programs Manager, by phone at 785-738-2218 or email by clicking the name above.

The December 2009/January 2010 Newsletter is now available. Click here for more .

NCRPC Vision and Mission Statements

Vision

The North Central Regional Planning Commission seeks to make North Central Kansas a region of rural opportunity wherein individuals have available the necessary resources and support to pursue and achieve personal dreams in a tranquil setting.

The region must thus become a well-integrated, singular place whose collective interests are served through a sharing and cooperative atmosphere.  Individuals and development organizations must focus their energies and resources on making North Central Kansas itself competitive.  The advantage brought about by such cooperative spirit will make North Central Kansas attractive to individuals and businesses alike seeking a place of secure comfort and rural life-style.   A healthy influx of new ideas and private capital can thus be introduced as people invest their time, talent and wealth in the region.

Furthermore, the North Central Regional Planning Commission seeks to ensure the internal human and physical resources are developed to make such opportunity possible.  This is to be done in an environmentally safe and sustainable way, adding to the region's overall attraction.  The prevailing mindset sought is:

• Resources are to be shared, not withheld. 
• Natural attributes of the region are to be protected, not exploited in a detrimental way. 
• Human need is to be identified and addressed without qualification as to social standing or place of residence.
• Regional interests are the interests of individual place, for preservation and enhancement of regional assets means local survival is better ensured.

Mission Statement