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Check this section often for the latest newsletters, meeting dates, application deadlines and other special announcements.
- NCRPC Executive Board Meetings
- Conferences
- Trainings
- Funding Program Deadlines
- June/July 2010 Issue: A total of 265 units received improvements through the household weatherization program that the NCRPC administers during the 2009-2010 program year. This resulted in 265 families benefiting with an average energy cost savings of 3823 KWH.
- April/May 2010 Issue: Three high school seniors from North Central Kansas will each receive $650 for submitting the top entries in the Fourth Annual RuralVoices Youth Contest sponsored by the North Central Regional Planning Commission (NCRPC).
- February/March 2010 Issue: Learn about the Heritage Trust Fund (HTF), a competitive grant program offered through the Kansas State Historical Society.
- December 2009/January 2010 Issue: The City of Mankato will receive a KAN STEP grant of $300,000 to construct an addition to the city’s fire station building. The City of Abilene will receive $48,000 through the USDA Rural Development Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) Program.
- October/November 2009 Issue: Kansas Department of Commerce announced in late July the awards of nearly $13 million in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to 44 Kansas communities.
- August/September 2009 Issue: Four communities in North Central Kansas, Cawker City, Glasco, Lincoln Center, and Salina, are among the 44 Kansas communities that received nearly $13 million in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
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June/July 2009 Issue: FEDERAL STIMULUS BILL ALLOCATIONS BEGIN TO BE AVAILABLE IN STATE, AREA.
According to the website, www.recovery.gov, Kansas has received a $992 million Total Funding Notification Amount to date.
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April/May 2009: Three high school
seniors have been
selected to receive cash
awards for their work
submitted as part of the
Third Annual RuralVoices Youth Contest sponsored by the NCRPC.
Several communities
in the region
received
Kansas Department of
Commerce Small Cities
Community Development
Block Grants (CDBG).
RAD Homes, LLC,
opened an assisted
living facility in Scandia in
February, operating as of Country Place
Home Plus.
- February/March 2009 Issue: The Household Weatherization Program active, first initiated in 1979, receiving more expects to have twice as much money to spend in the 2009-2010 program year.
To learn more about the Weatherization Program and download an application click here.
After 22 years of serving as the NCRPC Executive Director, John Cyr stepped down from his
leadership position effective March 31, 2008. Cyr began working at the NCRPC in September 1980 following completion of his graduate work in Geography at Kansas State University.
“The past 28 years have sped by and I am honored by the fact I have been allowed to serve as Executive
Director for 22 of those years,” Cyr says. “It has been a learning experience more than a job and for that I’m most grateful.” [Read More] (309KB PDF)
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