North Central Regional Planning Commission
Posted in 2020, Blog, March, Newsletter
Several North Central Kansas communities recently learned they will receive grants to help complete a variety of improvement projects. The funding comes from the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program administered by the Kansas Department of Commerce.
NCRPC staff assisted with the following projects and will provide project administration.
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North Central Regional Planning Commission
Posted in 2020, Blog, March, Newsletter
Financial incentives offered through the NCK Home Ownership Pilot Program’s 2019 expansion to Ellsworth and Lincoln counties assisted in the purchase of 10 homes in Ellsworth County, 6 homes in Lincoln County and 1 in Mitchell County.
The program officially expanded to Ellsworth and Lincoln counties in June 2019.
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North Central Regional Planning Commission
Posted in 2020, Blog, March, Newsletter
The North Central Kansas Community Network (NCKCN) is expanding! NCKCN now provides its fixed wireless Internet service to residents and businesses in another great rural community: Scandia, KS.
NCKCN is an Internet service provider that was originally formed in 1995 to help connect communities that were underserved by cable or fiber.
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North Central Regional Planning Commission
Posted in Uncategorized
Congratulations to the 2019-2020 Rural Voices winners!
Jake Toole, Washington County High School
Julisa Wolf, Ell-Saline High School
The NCRPC sponsors the Rural Voices Youth Contest each year to engage high school seniors in North Central Kansas in thoughtful reflection on rural Kansas and to promote a discussion among citizens based on their insights.
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North Central Regional Planning Commission
Posted in 2020, Blog, January, Newsletter
Financial incentives offered through the Marysville Home Ownership Pilot Program assisted in the purchase of 17 homes in the community since February 2018.
The program provided home buyers with down payment and closing cost assistance. The total of the 17 homes was just over $2 million,
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North Central Regional Planning Commission
Posted in 2020, Blog, January, Newsletter
The U.S. Census Bureau for some time now is planning a vigorous marketing and outreach effort called the 2020 Census. The Census Bureau is spending $500 million on communication campaigning to broaden the awareness and participation in the important effort.
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North Central Regional Planning Commission
Posted in 2020, Blog, January, Newsletter
A historic Missouri Pacific Depot in downtown Salina has been restored. The unique limestone building, which had been vacant for several years, now functions as professional office space.
The former depot was originally constructed in 1887 and had not had a significant upgrade in over 50 years.
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North Central Regional Planning Commission
Posted in 2019, Blog, Newsletter, November
This article appeared in the November 2019 NCRPC Newsletter.
Empowering students to develop an idea and solve a problem through entrepreneurship might help spark the entrepreneurial pipeline in communities. That possibility is reason enough for several to host local contests for students.
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North Central Regional Planning Commission
Posted in 2019, Blog, Newsletter, November
Viewpoint Column by Doug McKinney, NCRPC Executive Director
The U.S. Census provides vital information about our nation and about the people who live, work and utilize the resources herein.
The 2020 Census will count all residents once and in their accurate locales.
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North Central Regional Planning Commission
Posted in 2019, Blog, Newsletter, November
This article appeared in the November 2019 NCRPC Newsletter.
A new program that is designed to assist businesses with improving or replacing signs on commercial buildings is now available in Dickinson County.
The pilot project of the Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation Business Signage Program is designed to provide an affordable funding/financing option for signage on commercial buildings to improve the functionality,
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