Republic County KS 🌱

Our mission is to grow and diversify our local economy while supporting those that are rural by choice.

[Republic County KS 🌱 @RepCoED]

Today we got to feature Republic County in the "Arts as an Economic Driver" session with Kate Van Steenhuyse from the Kansas Arts Commission at the CEC Conference in Kingman. YOU get to check it out locally when the conference is in our county next year. #ceckingman2025

[Republic County KS 🌱 @RepCoED]

Social MVP in a downtown building that is being renovated. Session featured Ti'Juana Hardwell. The building houses twelve new apartments. Entrepreneurs get to have this conference in our own back yard next year in Republic County. #ceckingman2025 #cecconferencecourtland2026

[Republic County KS 🌱 @RepCoED]

Business owners from the Polished Coupe speaking about "From Competion to Collaboration" with a session at Kingman City Hall. All of the conference sessions are held in locations around town. #ceckingman2025 #cecconferencecourtland2026 #networkkansas

[Republic County KS 🌱 @RepCoED]

RCED, in association with @networkkansas, hosted the 9th annual Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge on Monday, March 10. Pike Valley, and home schools competed. Top placements in the 2025 event were:
• 1st place – Eagle Eye Ag Drone Services – Brady Childs
https://t.co/RQ29EEt5m0

[Republic County KS 🌱 @RepCoED]

The public is invited to come to the Republic County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge on March 4th at 4:40 at Pike Valley High School. Thanks to @networkkansas and K-State 105.

[Republic County KS 🌱 @RepCoED]

Summer Internship Opportunity
Belleville KS is looking for a student intern majoring in City Planning, Landscape, Design, and Construction or related field to create a downtown and public square placemaking plan. Applications are due by March 1st. https://t.co/dIx497fh66

[Republic County KS 🌱 @RepCoED]

Have you heard about MakeMyMove? We pay remote workers to relocate to Republic County. Check it out: https://t.co/v2DkXQlOSp

[Republic County KS 🌱 @RepCoED]

https://t.co/4Bksc3rquo Twenty-three people from the Republic County business community attended Launch & Grow, on April 29th in Courtland

[Erik Pedersen @EPedersenKS]

1,136 KANSAS STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN 10th ANNUAL YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE SERIES - NetWork Kansas ⁦@ecomm_ks⁩ ⁦@wKREDA1⁩ ⁦@goventuredash⁩ ⁦@ecomm_ks⁩ ⁦@toihershman⁩ ⁦@entretalk⁩ ⁦@KansasCommerce⁩ https://t.co/28stPqCjlW

[Republic County KS 🌱 @RepCoED]

It's Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge day at Kansas State University! Our local Republic County YEC winner, Coal Creek Oufitters, is here and showing off why they were awarded highest honor. Chopping Block applied and was accepted as a wild card. @networkkansas

[Sarah LaRosh @SarahLaRosh]

@RepCoED having a goal setting session with @dcohlde tonight at their meeting. It's wonderful watching this community make strategic goals and chase them to fruition!
@networkkansas @ecomm_ks #kseship @wKREDA1 #neverstoplearning #strategicplanning #goals #growth @JenRusFreelance

[Republic County KS 🌱 @RepCoED]

Thanks to everyone who helped put on the 2023 Republic County YEC competition last night at Pike Valley High School. Coal Creek Outfitters was the first place winner out of 14 teams. @networkkansas @bhenry_ks

[Sarah LaRosh @SarahLaRosh]

Fulfilling meeting in @RepCoED last night. They have a lot of projects and big initiatives they are working on right now. Wow!
@networkkansas @wKREDA1 #kseship

[Erik Pedersen @EPedersenKS]

@GetBirdCity @GetScottCity @getphillipsburg @Wichita_CoKs_ED @billbiermann1 @RepCoED @SalinaCofC @mr_salina @lukemahin @jimcorrellks @CowleyFirst @DaveDukart @GreensburgKS @ThomasCountyGov @VernonHurd @CraigVanwey @HodgemanCo

[Republic County KS 🌱 @RepCoED]

At @networkkansas regional retreat today in Great Bend where Republic County is one of the top 10 E-Community loan pools in the State out of sixty communities and a Republic County “model” is featured on the front of their literature for the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge

[Republic County KS 🌱 @RepCoED]

Proud of our Republic County students presenting today at Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge! @networkkansas #KEC

[E-Community Partnership @ecomm_ks]

Tomorrow is the big day we've all been waiting for! We hope you can come out to support these entrepreneurs! #KEC2022 #kseship @networkkansas @StartupCats @goventuredash @KState

[Erik Pedersen @EPedersenKS]

@frank_spillers @lukemahin @SarahLaRosh @ecomm_ks @networkkansas @wKREDA1 @e2ruralcenter @NWK_EICI @RepCoED @goventuredash @KansasCommerce Our most progressive E-Communities use a DOP as an overlay for their strategic planning. @CiaraLynnMiller @JennLairdKS @Christy71543063 @JanetMillerKS @lseiler @AmaraKniep @bhenry_ks @CMLCOLLECTIVE

[Erik Pedersen @EPedersenKS]

I ramble when I should use a talent like @KristanNDavis to graphically display things. The @ecomm_ks loan fund is impactful. @networkkansas @KansasCommerce @LtGovToland @wKREDA1 @GMDC_MRCO @JennLairdKS @JanetMillerKS @CiaraLynnMiller @Christy71543063

[Erik Pedersen @EPedersenKS]

I like the way @SarahLaRosh talks about the “And More”aspect of E-Community. @ecomm_ks @networkkansas @wKREDA1 @KStateIP @e2ruralcenter @AmaraKniep @JennLairdKS @Christy71543063 @KansasCommerce