Ellsworth County Rural Water District Number One or Post Rock Rural Water District (RWD) has completed a project to improve its surface water treatment and distribution operation. It is the largest expanse of public water system in Kansas, treating water from the surface of Kanopolis Reservoir in Ellsworth County. The cost of meeting new regulations is considerable, and led the RWD to apply for both US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. [Read More]
Comprehensive Development Project – Solomon
Solomon officially celebrated completion of its comprehensive development project on Thursday, September 11, 2008. The outside event took full advantage of the radically changed structure and context of what had been the town’s central business district, as people gathered at the new gazebo pocket park to reminisce about just how far the community had come in such a short amount of time. [Read more]
2008
North Central Kansas Rural Business Development Tax Credit Program 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.
City of Enterprise KAN STEP Project The City of Enterprise had a ribbon cutting in December 2007 to celebrate completion of its combination library/fire station in the downtown area. The city received a KAN STEP grant award of $253,500 from the Kansas Department of Commerce Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program in the summer of 2005. [Read More]
More than 200 individuals from Tipton, located in Mitchell County, and the surrounding rural community worked together to complete an addition to its existing gymnasium/community building in the downtown area. The project, which was completed during the winter of 2006, was partially funded by the Kansas Department of Commerce KAN STEP program. The grant was awarded in January 2005. [Read More]
The City of Beattie, located in North Central Marshall County one mile north of U.S. Highway 36, made improvements to its sewage treatment lagoon system, thanks to help from a Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the Kansas Department of Commerce and a loan from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The city was awarded a grant in the amount of $183,162 January 2007 and took out a low-interest loan in the amount of $183,163 through the Kansas Wastewater Pollution Control Revolving Loan fund. [Read More]
OCCK Inc., a non-profit corporation based in Saline County, recently completed a project to construct an addition to its facility in Beloit. OCCK Inc. has provided services to disabled children and adults in North Central Kansas for over 34 years. The Beloit facility contains a work center that serves Mitchell, Jewell and Lincoln counties. The Kansas Department of Commerce Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provided funding for the project. The CDBG application was sponsored by Mitchell County. [Read More]
Ellsworth County Rural Water District Number One or Post Rock Rural Water District (RWD) has completed a project to improve its surface water treatment and distribution operation. It is the largest expanse of public water system in Kansas, treating water from the surface of Kanopolis Reservoir in Ellsworth County. The cost of meeting new regulations is considerable, and led the RWD to apply for both US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. 
Solomon officially celebrated completion of its comprehensive development project on Thursday, September 11, 2008. The outside event took full advantage of the radically changed structure and context of what had been the town’s central business district, as people gathered at the new gazebo pocket park to reminisce about just how far the community had come in such a short amount of time.
The City of Enterprise had a ribbon cutting in December 2007 to celebrate completion of its combination library/fire station in the downtown area. The city received a KAN STEP grant award of $253,500 from the Kansas Department of Commerce Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program in the summer of 2005.
More than 200 individuals from Tipton, located in Mitchell County, and the surrounding rural community worked together to complete an addition to its existing gymnasium/community building in the downtown area. The project, which was completed during the winter of 2006, was partially funded by the Kansas Department of Commerce KAN STEP program. The grant was awarded in January 2005. 
The City of Beattie, located in North Central Marshall County one mile north of U.S. Highway 36, made improvements to its sewage treatment lagoon system, thanks to help from a Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the Kansas Department of Commerce and a loan from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The city was awarded a grant in the amount of $183,162 January 2007 and took out a low-interest loan in the amount of $183,163 through the Kansas Wastewater Pollution Control Revolving Loan fund. 
OCCK Inc., a non-profit corporation based in Saline County, recently completed a project to construct an addition to its facility in Beloit. OCCK Inc. has provided services to disabled children and adults in North Central Kansas for over 34 years. The Beloit facility contains a work center that serves Mitchell, Jewell and Lincoln counties. The Kansas Department of Commerce Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provided funding for the project. The CDBG application was sponsored by Mitchell County. 
