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This feature by NetWork Kansas' Sarah LaRosh celebrates the process of learning and how that process is leading NetWork Kansas to new levels of discovery and understanding. As Sarah writes: #neverstoplearning

Sanction applications may now be submitted for the 10th Annual Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC) Series. YEC is a sequence of community-based entrepreneurship competitions for students in grades 6-12, culminating in a state championship. NetWork Kansas has released new overview video and other materials to help promote YEC.

Trailblazing Morris County, the Greater Morris County Development Corporation's strategic five-year plan for economic growth, has a new fundraising goal of $1.3 million after receiving nearly $1.2 million in pledges from 38 investors across the county coordinators announced at a kick-off event.

Lakin Denny, from Colby, is a past YEC participant and scholarship winner. In this success story, learn more about Lakin, her YEC experience and how to support this young entrepreneur.

In partnership with Next Street and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Verizon Small Business Digital Ready aims to focus on women- and minority-owned businesses in under-resourced communities​. The online curriculum will provide resources and in-depth support - including coaching, networking and incentives. ​

NetWork Kansas, a statewide organization devoted to the establishment of entrepreneurship as a priority for economic and community development, is hiring for the position of Senior Finance Manager.

Today, NetWork Kansas announced the hiring of Lea Ann Seiler as the Manager, Entrepreneurship, Southwest Region. In this role, Seiler will support the work of E-Community leadership teams to help advance and strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems in Kansas' southwest region.

Registration opens July 1 for a statewide virtual entrepreneurship competition for youth in Kansas in grades K-12. The 3rd Annual Kansas Youth Virtual Entrepreneurship Challenge, which was created during COVID-19 shutdowns, as a way for young people to have a platform to publicize their innovative products and services on a statewide platform. More than 140 young people participated in the challenge during its inaugural year.

Three communities have been selected by NetWork Kansas to participate in its innovative Entrepreneurship (E-) Community Partnership. Cloud County, Franklin County, and Trego County were selected in the 2022 competitive process.

In this equity policy overview, Imagene Harris of NetWork Kansas describes the collaborative development of the KHFI Racial Equity Policy and the role that "progress over perfection" played in the policy's roll-out. "...we do know continued learning is the key. We have to try. Moving forward is better than standing still," Harris writes.