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A Rising Tide Lifts All the Boats
Nov 22 2022NetWork Kansas launched the E-Community Program in 2007 and since then it has grown from six E-Communities to 69 E-Communities. As the E-Community Program grew, we divided the state into regions. We’ve recently hired two more E-Community Regional Managers to support what are now six E-Community Regions. For the mos...
GCHS career fair seeking community presenters
Nov 19 2022Garden City High School will host a Freshman Career Fair from 8:50 – 10:25 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8. The fair is focused on career exploration for GCHS freshmen who will soon be asked to select a career academy for the remainder of their high school education track.
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TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly announced today $15.7 million will be awarded to seven service providers that will bring high-speed broadband service to underserved, economically distressed, and low-population areas of the state. This is the first of three rounds of awards from the Kansas Capital Project Funds (CPF) Broadband Gran...
Join our team at WKREDA in celebrating local entrepreneurs throughout Western Kansas and their many accomplishments this November for National Entrepreneurship Month! Entrepreneurs throughout Western Kansas are busy creating the newest products and innovations and strengthening our economy.
The United States was ranked as the world’s most entrepreneurial country in 2021. Thi...
TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced that Kansas Tourism, in partnership with the Patterson Family Foundation, is providing nearly $2 million to eight tourism projects across the state to enhance the state’s growing tourism industry. Tourism Attraction Sub-grants for Kansas (TASK) were presented by Lieutenant Governor and Secretary o...
WHY YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP MATTERS
Oct 25 2022Growing up in rural Kansas, I had the opportunity to participate in many facets of high school life, including almost every club that my school had to offer. Although my favorite was Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), my involvement in all those clubs helped me to com...
TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced the groundbreaking of the Grow Hays MicroFactory, an incubator for manufacturers in Central Kansas. The 30,000 square-foot facility is one of 35 infrastructure investment projects made possible by the Building a Stronger Economy (BASE) grant program launched by the Kansas Department of Commerc...
TOPEKA – Kansas Tourism has announced the Tourism Marketing Grant Program recipients for 2022. The Tourism Marketing Grant is an ongoing grant program designed to assist tourism organizations or businesses with new and innovative advertising and marketing projects. Kansas Tourism Director Bridgette Jobe, along with Tourism staff, spent this week visitin...
Western Kansas is home to both big-name and smaller-scale manufacturing companies. At WKREDA, we are proud to be celebrating Western Kansas manufacturers for their job opportunities and creative output that consistently benefits our economy. Manufacturing Day for 2022 is Friday, October 7 and Manufacturing Month continues throughout October.
Manufacturing Day an...
Western Kansas has a diverse workforce with women playing a huge role. Women-owned businesses contribute significantly to the U.S. economy. According to an article from Score.org, as of 2019 women-owned businesses in the U.S. employed 9.4 million workers plus generated revenues of $1.9 trillion.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) offer...
In 1985, the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) selected July as the nation’s official Parks and Recreation Month. Communities across America have been celebrating ever since!
With July being Parks and Recreation Month, WKREDA is encouraging families and individuals to get outside and enjoy the beautiful outdoors in Western Kansas...
In the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, Americans across the U.S. began looking for different ways to save money and many even flocked to rural locations for this very reason. Thankfully, moving to a rural area such as Western Kansas comes with several benefits. Here are five reasons to conside...