Grant Writing Certification If your organization wants to build capacity in grant writing, then check out these great opportunities where you can send someone to get trained. Stafford County Economic Development will have some limited funds available to give scholarships to individuals that wish to attend. Fort Hays State University Grant Certification Program • 8 […]
“A Refuge to Explore” is a program developed for Stafford County with the goal to cultivate a county level pride/identity. It’s part of the Engaging Placemaking for Innovative Communities (EPIC), which is a placemaking pilot program lead by the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission (KCAIC). The goal is to find, preserve, and provide programming that […]
People living in Stafford County know that this county has an abundance of raw materials. We are agriculturally focused. We have everything from orchards, a tree farm, a flour mill, watermelons, honey, vegetables and several farms producing high-quality meat and dairy products to name a few. However, there are still just a few farm to […]
Raindrop Repair started with Stephen Batten’s passion for problem solving and the fact he was talented with electronics. “It was a good fit,” says his wife, Tammy Batten, the office manager at Raindrop. Located on US-281 highway, south of St. John, the business is family owned. Their son, Shawn, represents the next generation of the […]
Photo of winter’s sunset with irrigation by Jody Suiter
There is a new flower shop opening in town just off the square in St. John behind Equity Bank. The Petal Shop will be aiming for a soft opening on July 31st and will have everything from homemade gifts, fresh flower arrangements, candy bouquets, and plants. The family behind the opening of the shop are […]
The Stafford County Childcare Committee just signed a lease with Logen Kernell to be a childcare provider in St. John. Logen currently lives in Great Bend but is originally from Fowler, KS. Her boyfriend Garrett Thomas is a truck driver and is from Larned. Logen likes watching her two favorite animated movies Finding Nemo and […]
Stafford County Economic Development (EcoDevo) has been looking into different concepts that might work with the growing need of the county’s beef producers to slaughter, process, and package meat to sell directly to consumers. After talking with Kansas Commerce and Land of Kansas, EcoDevo organized a site visit to see Midwest Meats mobile beef slaughter […]
