Downtown Chanute explores financing for CBD revitalization
Wichita economist Jim Gardner and City Attorney Robert Pennington led a workshop for about 20 Chanute CBD merchants and officials reviewing funding methods. They highlighted grants, general obligation bonds, special assessment bonds, tax increment financing, IRBs, urban renewal, revenue bonds, redevelopment corporations, and a merchants association as options to rejuvenate downtown stores and extend hours to fit working shoppers.
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Gardner
C. Bickley - Foster
Wichita
Pennington
Redevelopment Corporation
Merchants Association
Kansans face higher social services costs under Title 20 changes
Kansas officials say Title 20 costs rise to about 36 million dollars next fiscal year with 26 million from the federal government and 10 million from the state. Changes set July 5 to tighten eligibility to 100 percent of the state median income for a four person family and raise fees for incomes above 60 percent of the median. The plan shifts more cost to individuals local governments and private agencies while expanding eligibility criteria for more communities.
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Topeka
UPI
Robert Harder
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Kansas
SRS
Harder
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Shows Cost Cutting Note
A fragment notes an intercepted letter addressed to Cha and comments on cutting utility costs with a casual closing Yours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cha
Bennett seeks practical fixes for Kansas prison crowding
Kansas Governor Robert Bennett rejects a cap on inmate numbers as unworkable and flags a $28 000 plan to expand housing for 80 men at Hutchinson's State Industrial Reformatory. He seeks work release site in Kansas City and warns a crisis could force costly, remote options.
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Topeka
UPI
Robert Bennett
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Bennett
Leavenworth
County plans bridge over Neosho near St Paul
Neosho County plans a new bridge over the Neosho River 0.2 mile east and 1.2 miles south of St. Paul. The project includes improved grading surfacing and seeding around the bridge. A public hearing may be held if requested in writing by July 7, 1977 to discuss economic social and environmental effects.
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St. Paul
Charles Ingle
Neosho County
Neosho River
Ingle
Weather Summary for Monday
Temperature details show today as the highest and a date reference to 1935 for the lowest. Relative humidity and barometer are noted with a reading of 29.030 inches. Sunrise is listed at 6:00 and sunset at 8:40 with no precipitation.
Area forecast and county bridge plans noted
Area forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with highs in the 80s and mid 80s by Wednesday. County leaders discuss a federally aided bridge as a 70 percent federal project and 30 percent county funded. A low water crossing near Urbana to be built with county funds at an estimated 2 000 to 3 000 dollars. Shaw Road to receive a summer paving project described as very black. A Pavement Marking Demonstration program might provide 100 percent federal funds for center and edge stripes with county funding for future remarking.
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Ingle
Shaw Road
Beachner Construction Co
St. Paul
Bill Richman
Wildman Dweller In Cave Near POST Texas Baffles Sheriff
The roadside cave resident has eluded Sheriff Jim Pippin for three months near POST Texas. Residents are curious but not panicked as the mysterious cliff dweller remains unseen, though footprints and a basic campsite hint at a long term stay. The cave, found by oil company workers, sits near a highway with water nearby and contains a bag, jars, and a dresser from a nearby dump.
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Pippin
Reading program revised for USD 413
USD 413 Board approves a $15,000 federal reading and math kit program for elementary students, 250 kits at $60 each, and adoption of Houghton Mifflin readers across grades with 13 levels to match reading ability. Changes at Lincoln Elementary and Royster Junior High alter lunch periods and ground access.
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Lizseech
USD 413
Board of Education
Larry Nelson
Southwest Research Laboratories
Nelson
Houghton-Mifflin
American Book Company
Lincoln
Royster Junior High
John Martin
Martin
Royster
John Grasso
Earl Gehrt
Dale Fairchild
Dale
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