David Toland, lieutenant governor and Kansas secretary of commerce, recently announced the awarding of a combined $298,825 in Towns Grant funding for 32 small-scale, quality-of-place projects designed to make a quick, direct and meaningful impact in rural communities across Kansas. This first-ever funding initiative was a partnership between the Kansas Department of Commerce, Sunflower Foundation, the Dane G. Hansen Foundation and the Kansas Health Foundation.
“Working with Commerce and our fellow foundations allowed Sunflower to expand its reach and support even more rural towns across the state,” said Sunflower Foundation President and CEO Brandon Skidmore. “This project really speaks to the power of partnerships at every level.”
Read the full Department of Commerce media release on the Towns grants and see a list of projects that received funding.