Entrepreneurship

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...

August 25, 2021By Archive, E-Communities, Entrepreneurship, Funding/Accounting, Partners, 0 CommentsRead more...

NetWork Kansas announces participation in the Kauffman Foundation Spark Heartland Program and new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Board

News Release For Immediate Release                                                                            Media Contact:                  Steve...

August 17, 2021By Archive, E-Communities, Entrepreneurship, Funding/Accounting, Partners, , , 0 CommentsRead more...

Investors join to infuse nearly $1.2 million into Hoke Hotel project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Wendy Skellenger [email protected] 620-663-5293 Courtesy photo Investors join to infuse nearly $1.2 million into Hoke Hotel project In a commitment to local asset preservation, economic development and entrepreneurship, several community investors have partnered to offer more than $1 million in financing to the Hoke Hotel LLC project in downtown Hutchinson. Peoples Bank and Trust, StartUp...

July 20, 2021By Archive, E-Communities, Entrepreneurship, Funding/Accounting, Partners, , , 0 CommentsRead more...

The Path of the Kansas Community Investment Fund So Far

The Path of the Kansas Community Investment Fund So Far By: Thomas Papadatos NetWork Kansas [email protected] (316) 425-6033 www.networkkansas.com Introduction The Kansas Community Investment Fund (KCIF) was launched in 2019 as a three-year, gap-financing initiative to tackle health equity issues Kansans are facing. Resulting from a partnership between NetWork Kansas and the Kansas Health Foundation (KHF), $3 million...

May 7, 2021By Archive, E-Communities, Entrepreneurship, Funding/Accounting, Partners, , , 0 CommentsRead more...

Governor Laura Kelly Announces New Effort to Support Kansas Businesses in COVID-19 Recovery

News Release For Immediate Release via the Kansas Department of Commerce                                                                                   ...

February 23, 2021By Archive, E-Communities, Entrepreneurship, Funding/Accounting, Partners, , 0 CommentsRead more...

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

News Release For Immediate Release                                                                            For more information, contact:             ...

October 28, 2020By Archive, E-Communities, Entrepreneurship, Funding/Accounting, Partners, , 0 CommentsRead 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...

October 20, 2020By Archive, E-Communities, Entrepreneurship, Funding/Accounting, Partners, , 0 CommentsRead more...