Partner Feature: Topeka Community Foundation

By NetWork Kansas     Connecting the Dots between Community Development and Economic Development The Topeka Community Foundation spotlights its impact in new video In 2016, the Topeka Community Foundation recognized an opportunity to leverage its role of providing donor services, performing grant making and convening the community to lead on issues of importance. Through […]

e2 In-Depth: Marginalized Rural Americans

By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, with  Kimberlee Spillers These days, America seems so divided and too much of rural America’s landscape is challenged by increasingly marginalized populations. In the September feature piece, Marginalized Rural Americans, Economic Development Implications, we discuss some causes and effects of marginalization and provide a recommended reading list for additional information. In […]

13 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During September

E-Community Loans –  ~Om Grown Yoga Collective, LLC in Baldwin City. Partner: Douglas Co E-Community ~Circle H Liquor in Pittsburg. Partner: Cherokee Co Econ Dev Corp ~LUXE KC Design and Build, LLC in Sterling. Partner: Sterling Chamber of Commerce ~H&H Elite Properties, LLC in Atchison. Partner: City of Atchison ~KS Solar, LLC in Wamego. Partner: […]

18 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During August

E-Community Loans –  ~Tiffany Ann Andrews Agency, LLC in Lansing. Partner: Grow Leavenworth County ~QP Watchbands in Herndon. Partner: Rawlins Co Econ Dev. ~His Image Barber Shop, LLC in Liberal. Partner: Seward County Development Corp. ~Route Step Farm, LLC in Onaga. Partner: Pottawatomie Co Econ Dev ~Luminaries Salon and Gallery, LLC in Atchison. Partner: City […]

Partner Feature: E-COMMUNITY PROGRAM CROSSES $1.25 MILLION IN SMALL BUSINESS LENDING

By Justin Pregont, Interim City Manager, City of Atchison Reprinted with permission View Video E-Community Program Crosses $1.25 Million in Small Business Lending In just over four years of operation the Atchison E-Community Program has now closed 27 loans totaling just over $1,250,000 for local small businesses. Since January of 2017, the Atchison E-Community Program has […]

e2 In-Depth: Energizing Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building in Keene, New Hampshire

By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, with Mary Ann Kristiansen Energizing Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building in Keene, New Hampshire This month’s downloadable story and podcast episode focuses on Mary Ann and the highly successful efforts by the Center to foster and support entrepreneurs in Southwestern New Hampshire. This year e2 is partnering with Radically Rural to host two entrepreneurship tracks with one focusing […]

NetWork Kansas Welcomes Bailee Henry to Entrepreneurship (E-) Community Partnership Team

NEWS RELEASE NetWork Kansas Welcomes Bailee Henry to Entrepreneurship (E-) Community Partnership Team Today, NetWork Kansas announced the hiring of Bailee Henry, who joins the staff as Product Manager, E-Community Programs. In her role, Henry will oversee and manage the work of the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC) Series among other responsibilities. “I am beyond excited […]

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