Windsor Hotel Receives 180000 Grant for Restoration
The Windsor Hotel in Garden City is awarded an $180,000 grant from Lois Kay Walls Foundation to fund first floor lobby renovations and a new cupola. Preservation work is already underway with prior grants totaling over $841,000 from Kansas departments, aiding roof and structural stabilization. Don Harness of Finney County Preservation Alliance calls the funding a vote of confidence as work accelerates.
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Garden City
Main Street
Finney County Preservation Alliance
Windsor Hotel
Kansas Department of Transportation and
Kansas Historical Society
Addi
Tive Hotel
Lois Kay Walls Foundation
Don Harness
Alliance
Harness
Economy Grows 2.5 Percent in Third Quarter
The Commerce Department reports a 2.5 percent annual growth rate for July through September, driven by higher consumer spending and business investment rather than hiring. While the quarter marks the strongest expansion in a year, sustained growth remains uncertain as unemployment stays around 9 percent and job seekers number over 14 million.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Barack Obama
Congress
Tourism advisory board backs independent bureau vote
Finney County tourism advisory board members vote unanimously to push the bureau to become its own organization with a dedicated board. They plan to recommend this to county commissioners, who oversee the public funding and the hotel tax money tied to the chamber of commerce contract.
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Finney County
Roman Halbur
Finney County Area Chamber of Commerce Board Room
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Convention and Tourism Advisory Board
Finney County Commission
Garden City Area
Ser
Tourism Bureau
Chamber
Tourism Advisory Board
County Commission
Rich Taylor
Chamber Board
Taylor
E. Fulton Terrace
NEA Again Denies Federal Arts Funds to Kansas
The National Endowment for the Arts informs Kansas that its Arts Commission remains ineligible for federal funds because state financial support is not demonstrated. NEA letters show private gifts cannot replace state backing, while Gov. Brownback maintains private funding can sustain arts, despite vetoing the agency’s budget. The move follows NEA and Mid-America Arts Alliance cuts, costing nearly $2 million in total funding.
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Topeka
Kansas
National Endowment For the Arts
State Arts Commission
NEA
Sam Brownback
Kansas Arts Commission
Associated Press
Brownback
Commission
Mid-America Arts Alliance
Kansas City
Arts Commission
Alliance
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Brad Nading
Schwieterman Inc
Chicago
Annie
Garden City Co-op
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