Survey Charts Community Economic Woes
The weakened rural Kansas economy harms living standards and spurs leaders to pursue job creation. Extension surveys across 24 communities reveal core issues from scarce job options and low pay for secondary earners to aging housing stock, crumbling sidewalks, and attitudes toward local business. Darling stresses measuring local labor supply and wage expectations to tailor development plans and retain residents.
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Manhattan
Kansas
David Darling
Kansas State University
Decatur
Mitchell County
Beloit
Darling
Industrial Students Show Off Too Industrial Students Show Off Too
Ot tawa High School hosts an open house for the building trades project at 1730 Ash and showcases industrial education projects in wood metalworking and drafting from 1 to 5 pm. Students will display cabinets stereo speakers and CAD drafting demos while the Cytones perform a spring concert at 3 pm in the Cyclone Room.
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Ottawa High School
Building Trades
Ash
East Central Vocational Cooperative
Cytones
OHS
Farmer Mac proposal aims to boost long term farm loans
Washington reports discuss a Farm Credit secondary market named Farmer Mac to rival Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae. Advocates argue it would broaden lenders' financing options, help restructure troubled loans, and stabilize farmland values, while critics warn it won't solve deep Farm Credit System woes. In Des Moines, Successful Farming and the National Trust for Historic Preservation promote cash rewards for renovating historic farm buildings, with an August 31 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fannie Mae
Ginnie Mae
Freddie Mac
Farmer Mac
Congress
Financial Community
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp
Government National Mortgage Association
Doug Bereuter
R-Neb
Bereuter
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Pat Roberts
Brian
Roberts
Farm Credit System
American Bankers Association
Independent Bankers Association of America
National Council For Life Insurance
House
Farm Sector Economics Associates
Des Moines
Iowa
Ottawa BPW to Hold Dinner Meeting and Elections
Ottawa Business and Professional Women will meet at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the First National Bank meeting room for a catered dinner. The program features a round table discussion on issues and the installation of officers for 1987 88.
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Ottawa
First National Bank
Small Thinkers Are Optimistic About Economic Outlook
A quarterly NFIB survey analyzed by Purdue’s William Dunkelberg shows small and mid-size firms remain optimistic about near-term sales, jobs, and capex, despite high short-term borrowing costs. The Small Business Optimism Index rose to 104 in April, with expectations of higher employment and rising inventories, though longer-term outlook remains mixed amid inflation and rates.
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John Cunniff
New York
Academe
Washington
National Federation of Independent Business
William C. Dunkelberg
Purdue University
Dunkelberg
Dex
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Uossy
Disne Yeamans
Scott Weidner
Dan Gast
Bill Markus
Ginnie
Freddie
Tional Trust For Historic Preservation
OBPW
Farm Bureau Insurance
Terry Silvius
Main Wellsville
Z Crown Shoe Fit Company
South Main Street
ECONO
Olathe Hearing Aid CO
Chester St
Olathe
Marilyn K. Risley
Franklin County
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