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NetWork Kansas’ Entrepreneurship (E-) Community Partnership announces the 2020-2021 Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC) Series.

Nick Poels, received the National Rural Economic Developers Association (NREDA) President’s Award for outstanding support and commitment to rural economic development.

Congratulations to the nine businesses that received funding from NetWork Kansas during October.

NetWork Kansas and the Kansas Health Foundation (KHF) announced today the first corporate sponsor for the Kansas Community Investment Fund (KCIF) is Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBCKS). BCBSKS will award NetWork Kansas a Blue Health Initiative Trailblazer grant totaling $150,000 annually for the next three years.

In this e2 article, Broadband and Rural America Restart, Recovery and Resiliency, Don Macke takes an in-depth look into the world COVID-19 pandemic health crisis, which 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 densely packed metropolitan areas, it is now spreading hot spots to rural America.

Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation won three awards from the International Economic Development Council Excellence in Economic Development Awards. The honors were presented at an awards ceremony during the IEDC Annual Conference, the week of October 12.

Congratulations to the 12 businesses that received funding from NetWork Kansas during September.

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.

This e2 article explores Ord, Nebraska, an Entrepreneurial Community and the transformation the community experienced through an entrepreneurship lens.

The Great Bend Chamber of Commerce is bringing the Aligned Leader Program to Central Kansas and beyond. This six-week virtual series launches October 14. Learn more about this new resource.