29 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During May

E-Community Loans - ~Snappy Chicks, LLC in Winfield. Partner: Cowley First ~Plainscraft, LLC in Topeka. Partner: Shawnee Co Extension Council ~David's Creations in Belleville. Partner: Republic Co Econ Dev. ~4th & Elm Bar and Grill in Wamego. Partner: Pottawatomie Co Econ Dev. Startup Kansas -  ~Lucy's Place, LLC in Coldwater. Partner: Great Plains Dev Corp. Restart Kansas ...

NetWork Kansas Establishes Restart Kansas County Loan Fund

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release May 29, 2020 Contact: Steve Radley 877.521.8600 [email protected] Clark Bastian, left, Fidelity Bank, Chairman of the Board, stands with Steve Radley, President/CEO, NetWork Kansas, to announce the Restart Kansas County Loan Fund. Photo credit: Fidelity Bank  NetWork Kansas Establishes Restart Kansas County Loan Fund Low-Interest Loans up to $20,000 Available to Local Businesses Wichita,...

8 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During April

E-Community Loans -  ~Mt. Oread Pharmacy in Lawrence. Partner: Lawrence Chamber of Commerce ~Jokir, LLC in Hays. Partner: Grow Hays ~K&K Car Wash, LLC in Kanopolis. Partner: Ellsworth Co Econ Dev Corp. ~T-Rocks Child Care Center, LLC in Topeka. Partner: Shawnee County Extension Council Startup Kansas -  ~Reynolds' Properties, LLC in Cherryvale. Partner: Innovative Business Resource...

NetWork Kansas discusses rapid loan deployments in response to COVID-19

By Dell Gines, Senior Community Development Advisor Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Used with permission Steve Radley and Erik Pedersen, president and vice president of NetWork Kansas, discuss rapid deployment of emergency small business credit during the COVID-19 pandemic with Kansas City Fed Senior Community Development Advisor Dell Gines. They share how they leveraged the NetWork Kansas...

3 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During March

E-Community Loans - ~Metier USA, LLC in Plainville. Partner: County of Rooks Startup and Capital Multiplier Programs -  ~Events, LLC in Great Bend. Partner: Great Plains Development Inc. KCIF -  ~Clearwater Wellness Center in Clearwater. Paid in full - Congratulations to the following firms that paid their loans in full. E-Community  ~Flint Hills Fitness, LLC in Wamego. Partner:...

$5 million of HIRE Fund loans have been awarded to Kansas hospitality businesses

Source: Kansas Department of Commerce Topeka, Kan. – Within 48 hours of Governor Laura Kelly announcing the establishment of the Hospitality Industry Relief Emergency (HIRE) Fund, all $5 million allocated for the loan program have been awarded. “The hospitality industry in Kansas was one of the first to be hit financially by...

HIRE funds exhausted; SBA Disaster Loans available

Compiled by NetWork Kansas NetWork Kansas staff worked through the weekend processing more than 1,000 applications and have made notifications to applicants. For those who applied who have not received notification, NetWork Kansas is asking people to check spam folders then email [email protected] to inquire about their application status. Though HIRE loan program...

SBA announces Kansas businesses eligible for low-interest disaster loans in response to COVID-19 impact

Compiled by NetWork Kansas The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to Kansas small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza has announced. SBA acted under its own authority, as provided by the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations...

Kansas Governor announces HIRE fund to assist hospitality business owners

Compiled by NetWork Kansas Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has established the Hospitality Industry Relief Emergency (HIRE) Fund to provide bridge loans for Kansas’ hospitality sector in response to the economic impact of  COVID-19. The Kansas Department of Commerce and NetWork Kansas will administer the loan program. A statement from the Governor's Office reads: "Governor Kelly is...

NetWork Kansas Announces New Product: VentureDash

NEWS RELEASE   For Immediate Release March 12, 2020 Contact: Erik Pedersen 877.521.8600 [email protected] NetWork Kansas Announces New Product: VentureDash Innovative Software to Drive Growth of Youth Entrepreneurship Series Wichita, Kansas, --- Today NetWork Kansas announced the roll-out of VentureDash, an online entrepreneurship competition management system designed to streamline the facilitation of entrepreneurship fairs and business plan competitions held...