Flint Hills Regional Council

Epa - provides environmental assessments for commercial private property owners interested in ultimately making improvements and revitalizing their property. These funds have also been used to remove gas tanks resolving major barriers preventing economic activities on these sites. The funding was also used to provide area revitalization plans of commercial districts.

Oea joint land use study grant (jlus) - assists with implementing recommendations from the Flint Hills / fort riley joint land use study update focused on community and economic development projects. Contribution to Flint Hills economic development district plan implementation efforts to protect the largest economic engine within the region, assist fort riley to remain mission ready, and work toward becoming a more resilient region.

Eda partnership planning - provides funding to support fhrc staff in updating, implementing, and reporting progress of the Flint Hills economic development district plan. This funding supports fhrc staff time to also apply for grant opportunities that directly assist with plan implementation. This program has a 50/50 match requirement. Partners provided a mix of cash and in-kind contribution so that fhrc would be able to apply for eda partnership planning funding and retain our eda Flint Hills economic development district designation. The Flint Hills Regional Council's role is to serve as a Regional coordinator to ensure the plan is updated every five years and to coordinatre plan implementation efforts.

Eda cares, oldcc, kauffman foundation, ncrpc-cdbg, Kansas department of commerce