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 […]
Stafford County Economic Development sponsors an annual photography contest for images that will be used on promotional materials and/or our website. A $25.00 prize will be given to the winner in each of the 3 categories listed below, and an unlimited amount of honorable mention winners will receive a $5.00 prize for each entry.
The new rental houses completed earlier this year in St. John and the currently under construction in Macksville are part of the nine house county-wide rental housing Stafford County Economic Development (EcoDevo) started building in September 2021. The first house was built in Hudson and completed in February 2022. Three houses in Stafford were completed in June 2022. The three houses in St. John were completed in January 2023. And the final two houses in Macksville should be completed by August 2023.
Progress is slowly but surely being made on the Stafford County Child Care Committee’s project in St. John. The recent rain has been needed, but it has delayed progress on the exterior modifications at modular classroom building. The concrete for sidewalks and off-street parking should be completed in the coming weeks. Then, the work can continue on the lawn and fenced play area.
This is the audio from our monthly radio show — Focus on Stafford County. This show aired live at 11:30 am central time on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Kathleen Norman announced the hiring of Ryan Russell as the new executive director and gave several other updates.
The new Executive Director at the Stafford County Economic Development (EcoDevo) office is a familiar face around town.
Ryan Russell started this past week.
For updates on Stafford County Economic Development activities.
This is the audio from our monthly radio show: Focus on Stafford County. This show aired live at 11:30 AM CT on Thursday, April 27, 2023. Kathleen talked about the state-wide youth entrepreneurship challenge and the Stafford County teams that competed. She also gave updates on housing and childcare projects.
Out of 105 counties and more than 70 teams competing in Kansas, four St. John High School students brought home some of the highest honors at Kansas State University’s Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge.
