Projects
We're working together to help all 105 counties.
K-State 105 is collaborating with our partners on projects that advance economic prosperity in Kansas. Learn more about some of our collaborative projects below.
We're continuing to add to this website — more projects and more information coming soon!
K-State 105 projects
Projects in this category are creating connections and leveraging networks and expertise. These projects are establishing or expanding new businesses and supporting new entrepreneurial ideas.
Projects:
- K-State 105 Entrepreneurial Blueprint Initiative
- Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities conference
- Expanding small business development in northwest Kansas
- E-Navigator partnership with StartUp Hutch
- Entrepreneurial ecosystem expansion with Douglas County CORE
- GO Topeka and Plug and Play program collaboration
- NetWork Kansas partnership work
- Microfactory growth initiative and catalyzing economic development in northwest Kansas
- Northwest Kansas rural entrepreneurship development cohort
- Wildcat Consulting
- TDI small business consulting/advising
- Business concierge
Projects in this category focus on providing technical assistance and workforce development resources for businesses, entrepreneurs, communities and municipalities.
Projects:
- Rural Redevelopment Scanning Initiative
- Innovation funding and technical assistance
- Northwest Kansas business, technical and housing assistance
- Workforce development for careers in construction and design
- American Honey Institute: Workforce training and microcredential
- Workforce training for physician assistant students in women’s health
- GO Topeka technical assistance and validation support
- TDI product/technology development educational program series
- TDI student internship program
- Technology-Based Economic Development assistance
Projects in this category engage with Kansans in their home communities to co-create solutions and address areas that affect economic prosperity.
Projects:
- Rural Ag Health Community Health Worker project
- Digital Ambassador program
- Know Your Water project
- Food, agriculture and health care integration in northwest Kansas
- Community facilitators
- Digital health clinic and translational research hub
- Food as Medicine and Community Health Program
- Asset mapping
Projects in this category make the research, resources and expertise of higher education accessible to all Kansans. These projects illustrate how higher education can be a catalyst for economic prosperity.
Projects:
- All Things Kansas
- The University of Kansas Health System collaborative work
- Housing prototypes and solutions for revitalizing communities
- Affordable housing solutions: Building a net zero carbon microhome
- Improving environmental systems for early care and education facilities
- Strengthening nonprofit board capacity through leadership development
- Ecosystem Services Market Consortium
More projects and more information coming soon!
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