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Every community has proud citizens who volunteer their time and energy to enhance their hometown. These civic-minded citizens can drive amazing improvements in their communities, particularly when their efforts are combined with technical assistance from Commerce. Whether your community is looking to develop a business recruitment plan, revitalize its downtown district, or repair an antiquated sewer system, Commerce has the specialized resources to support community leaders and volunteers from start to finish.

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Community Capacity Building Grant Program:
The Community Capacity Building grant program provides funds for collaborative community development planning activities in cities or counties with fewer than 50,000 residents. (More...)


Community Development Block Grants:
This program distributes nearly $20 million in federal annual funds to Kansas communities in the categories of: Community Improvement, Economic Development, Urgent Needs, Housing, and Kansas Small Towns Environment Program (KAN STEP). (More...)


Incentives Without Walls:
These funds are available to designated Kansas Main Street downtown areas and may be used for a variety of downtown business needs. (More...)


Kansas Enterprise Facilitation:
This program is designed to harness the energy of local volunteers to cultivate a collaborative mentality toward business development. (More...)


Kansas Main Street Program:
The Kansas Main Street program helps community volunteers revitalize their town or city’s historic business district. (More...)


Kansas PRIDE:
The goal of PRIDE is to maximize community and economic development efforts by encouraging all groups to coordinate and work collaboratively for community betterment. (More...)


Small Communities Improvement Program:
The Small Communities Improvement Program sets aside $500,000 each year for small communities that are undertaking improvement projects through sweat equity and volunteerism. The program is designed to assist communities with populations of 5,000 or less that are not eligible for other Department of Commerce assistance and might not have the capacity to provide matching funds. (More...)


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