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Tax credits are available for 2008 through the North Central Kansas Rural Business Development Tax Credit Program.

Four years after the Kansas Legislature adopted the Kansas Economic Growth Act, which among other initiatives created the Rural Business Development Tax Credit (RBDTC) program, the North Central Kansas RBDTC program has received more than $1.7 million.

The Legislature has extended the Act out to 2012, making additional credits available to each region each year. This year the allotment of credits available to the NCK RBDTC program is $285,714.

As of early September 2008, $56,694 remained in credits to place in the region in the calendar year. Once placed, this amount will equate to another $94,940 in donations. The program features 75% tax credits.

The NCRPC and the North Central Kansas Community Network (NCKCN), a 501(c)3 affiliate non-profit company, have joint responsibility for the RBDTC program in North Central Kansas.

Counties included in the region include the following: Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary, Jewell, Lincoln, Lyon, Marshall, Mitchell, Morris, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley, Saline, Wabaunsee and Washington.
“Our approach is regional and we are seeking out those projects that appear to cross boundaries of both conventional thought and practice,” Cyr says. “The NCRPC/NCKCN team is committed to seeing the offerings of this program be equally accessible to all within the North Central Kansas region.”

The primary categories into which investments have been made to date include job creation, business services and technology and leadership.

For more information about the program or to make a donation, contact John Cyr, Special Programs Manager at the NCRPC at 785-738-2218 or by email at jcyr@nckcn.com. More information including the full NCK RBDTC 2008 Mid-Year Report is available by visiting www.ncrpc.org/services/economic.html.