Author - Christina Long

8 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During November

E-Community Loans - ~Triplet Automotive, Inc. in St. John. Partner: Stafford County Econ Dev. ~TA Holdings, LLC in Baldwin City. Partner: Douglas County E-Community ~Str8 Edge Barbershop, LLC in Leavenworth. Partner: Grow Leavenworth County Dev Corp. ~Twigs Floral and Gifts, Inc. in Independence. Partner: Innovative Business Resource Center. ~The Strand, LLC in Hays. Partner: Grow...

e2 In-Depth: Is Your Community a JEDI Hometown?

By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and David Iaquinta Is Your Community a JEDI Hometown? Growing Entrepreneurial Communities The United States has grown and developed in large part by waves of new residents bringing their histories, values, customs, foods, religions, and so much more. While America has been a land of opportunity for...

9 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During October

E-Community Loans - ~RBB, LLC in Emporia. Partner: Emporia Main Street ~Clarity Consulting Group, LLC in Hays. Partner: Grow Hays ~Columbus Bait & Tackle in Columbus. Partner: Cherokee County Econ Dev Corp. ~Beds & Biscuits, LLC in Atwood. Partner: Rawlins County Econ Dev.   Startup Kansas and E-Community Loan  - ~Heartland Gamebirds, LLC in Courtland. Partner: Republic...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas grants funds to support The Kansas Community Investment Fund

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e2 In-Depth: Broadband and Rural America Restart, Recovery and Resiliency

By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Broadband and Rural America Restart, Recovery and Resiliency The world COVID-19 pandemic health crisis has greatly disrupted our lives with millions of Americans now infected and deaths approaching 215,000 according to Johns Hopkins University data. While the worst effects of the pandemic have largely impacted more...

International Awards Received by Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation

For Immediate Release Jack Allston, PCEDC Director [email protected] (Pictured from left to right: Dirk Riniker, President, Ebert Construction and Vice President, Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation, Jack Allston, Executive Director, PCEDC and Jessica Venneberg, Executive Assistant, PCEDC.) Washington, DC – Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation won three awards from the International Economic Development Council...

12 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During September

E-Community Loans - ~Natural Choice Company, LLC in Wamego. Partner: Pottawatomie Co Econ Dev. ~Welch Market, LLC in Humboldt. Partner: City of Humboldt ~Reclaimed by Michele, LLC in Lawrence. Partner: Lawrence Chamber of Commerce ~Bows & Britches Boutique, LLC in Independence. Partner: Innovative Business Resource Center, Independence, KS ~Barnes, LLC in Hays. Partner: Grow Hays ~Drop-In...

Sharing our work: NetWork Kansas featured on EntreEd Talk podcast

By NetWork Kansas NetWork Kansas' Erik Pedersen and Amara Kniep are the featured guests of the EntreEd Talk podcast episode 79, which was released today. Pedersen and Kniep shared information about the organization's support of entrepreneurship and small business growth as well as provided an overview of the E-Community program. "We tend to work...

e2 In-Depth: How hardship, leadership, philanthropy, and a 20-year vision built an entrepreneurial community

By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Ord, Nebraska An Entrepreneurial Community In the 1980s Ord and its region were in crisis facing serious challenges and the potential it could go the way of so many other rural communities into continued decline losing vitality along the way. By the 1990s Ord was facing...