The North Central Kansas Food Council (NCKFC) is searching for representation from Washington County and Cloud County to serve on our council. If you work with local foods, have an enthusiastic interest in bettering local foods production/ distribution or want…
This column from NCRPC Executive Director Doug McKinney appeared in the July 2017 NCRPC Newsletter. For newsletter archives, click here. I read recently in the Washington County News that school need not be closed for the summer. Kids can learn…
Congratulations to the 2016-2017 Rural Voices winners! First Place Video Entry: Isabella Hartman, St. John’s Catholic High School, Beloit, KS First Place Written Entry: Riley Doebele, Hanover High School, Hanover, KS Watch the winning video and read the winning essay…
The North Central Regional Planning Commission will host an educational workshop about the benefits of and process of Capital Improvement Planning for Local Government. Capital Improvement Plans (CIP) act as long term guides that provide a schedule of construction or…
The NCRPC offers Certified Asbestos Inspections to governmental entities and private property owners. “Cities need to know that by rule they should have commercial buildings inspected prior to demolition,” Carol Torkelson, NCRPC Housing Director, says. “We have an inspector on…
Great festivals and celebrations took place in the north central Kansas region this month. Lincoln, Palmer, Chapman, Clyde and of course Abilene all had grand undertakings. Throughout the next year the Chisholm Trail will be remembered and celebrated from Abilene…
Is your local government planning for the future? A capital improvement plan (CIP) helps a local government take a critical look at itself, identify what is good, what could be improved and what opportunities for new projects exist. The CIP…
KANSASWORKS is seeing Kansas relocation and employment interest from many sectors, both from within the state and outside of Kansas. In order to assist in the important connections between Kansas employers and job seekers, employers and community organizations alike are…
The NCRPC is once again offering the Rural Voices Youth Contest for high school seniors in North Central Kansas – marking ten years since the contest began. The contest was created to give a voice to youth in North Central…
Several NCRPC staffers recently spent a day learning about the Entrepreneurial Mindset. The day provided a new look at what entrepreneurship means and how important the early phase of “searching” is to business development. The curriculum, the Ice House Entrepreneurship…