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Nex-Tech loans $75K to launch Russell co-working hub
Nex-Tech has made a $75,000 loan to support Bricks Co-Working Hub, a new business and community space in Russell. Bricks will operate open workspaces, office rental, conference room rental, virtual office services, and provide a space for collaboration and creativity in the downtown business district…
Overland Park wants to loosen some zoning rules to make its housing pilot program more appealing
Overland Park wants to make it easier to use its “missing middle” pilot program on lots that may not have been developable before. Several months after Overland Park launched its housing pilot program, the city is now considering whether to temporarily amend its development codes…
Overland Park wants to loosen some zoning rules to make its housing pilot program more appealing
Overland Park wants to make it easier to use its “missing middle” pilot program on lots that may not have been developable before. Several months after Overland Park launched its housing pilot program, the city is now considering whether to temporarily amend its development codes…
Kansas needs a sports authority for Chiefs stadium. Will Olathe and Wyandotte County get a vote?
Kansas wants to create a sports authority to own the new Kansas City Chiefs stadium. Public rather than private ownership of the stadium will shield more than $1 billion from being collected as income taxes. Kansas has agreed to finance 60% of $4 billion in…
Used tire grants awarded to over 30 Kansas communities
A state program that funds projects that use waste tire products has announced nearly half a million dollars in grants to Kansas schools and communities. On Monday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced that $493,709.55 was awarded to 32 projects across the state.…
Wellington Council to discuss at Tuesday’s meeting to enter into an agreement for a Tier IV Data Center to be built north of community
The Wellington City Council will be discussing at Tuesday’s meeting whether or not to enter into an energy sales agreement between the City of Wellington and CORMER for the development of a Tier IV Data Center, north of the community. The proposed project location is…
Small grocery pleads for help
Peabody Market wasn’t very busy on Friday afternoon, and that reflects a concern of owner Catherine Weems. Business hasn’t been great, and Weems can’t pinpoint it to any one cause. “We’re just trying to stick around,” Weems said. “I bought this grocery store with the…
The unshrinking of Tuttle Creek Lake carries high stakes
Ron Harrison, an avid Manhattan fisherman, remembers a time when Tuttle Creek Lake stretched several miles north of the Randolph Bridge and the fishing, especially catfishing, was good. “Now, there’s only a few times a year, when there’s been a lot of rain and the…
Yoder nitrate levels still unsafe, but help is on the way
Nitrate continues to be above safe levels in one Kansas community. Tests collected on March 6 found nitrates at 13 milligrams per liter in Reno County Rural Water District 101, which serves the Yoder area. That exceeds state and federal regulations for the maximum contaminant…
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