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Commission hears about KDHE grant opportunity and neighborhood revitalization renewal
Summary
County staff reported potential access to a KDHE grant that could provide $100,000 for recycling center work (match required) and said draft language for a neighborhood revitalization program is ready for legal review ahead of a proposed three-year renewal for 2026.
Speaker 5 updated commissioners on several community programs and potential grant funding sources.
Speaker 5 said the county has discussed acquiring benches for Trexler's site and is exploring alternate vendors and partners to secure them. They reported a conversation with BJ Hansen and said a KDHE grant is available that could be matched to yield approximately $100,000 if the county finds an eligible match source. Speaker 5 asked commissioners to keep the item under consideration while staff pursue avenues to match and apply for the grant.
Speaker 5 also said they had drafted language to renew the neighborhood revitalization program for a three-year term starting in 2026 and requested legal counsel to review the draft before bringing it back to the commission.
A commissioner asked whether county or state funding for the neighborhood program had been cut; Speaker 5 said they had not seen evidence that the funding stream was scrapped and would continue to pursue the renewal, but the question of broader program funding remained unresolved in the transcript.
What’s next: staff will pursue matching funds or application steps for the KDHE opportunity and submit the neighborhood revitalization draft to legal counsel for review.
