K-State 105 Entrepreneurial Blueprint Initiative
An initiative to support entrepreneurship and small business development
Blueprints serve as a way to guide the future, and that's exactly what the K-State 105 Entrepreneurial Blueprint Initiative aims to do.
K-State and Network Kansas are partnering with communities across Kansas to support entrepreneurship and small business development.
Through the K-State 105 Entrepreneurial Blueprint Initiative, K-State 105 funding is supporting collaborative community-based projects that involve Network Kansas, K–State Research and Extension, higher education institutions and multiple community partners. Together, we aim to leverage resources and create new ways to foster economic growth and community development in Kansas.
Learn more about the 11 projects selected for the first cohort.
This map shows the locations of the 11 collaborative community-based projects that have been selected for the first cohort of the K-State 105 Entrepreneurial Blueprint Initiative. The projects focus on entrepreneurship and small business development.
About the first cohort
The first cohort of the K-State 105 Entrepreneurial Blueprint Initiative involves 11 project collaborations across the state. These projects were selected after a competitive process and review of applications from across the state.
Learn more about the first cohort of projects below.
Project/description |
Partner |
City/County |
Neosho Valley Event Center incubator kitchen |
Neosho County Fair Board | Chanute/Neosho Countuy |
Life Skills Academy and Makerspace springboard |
Life Skills Academy Innovative Business Resource Center | Coffeyville/ Montgomery County |
Entrepreneurs Intersection Fabrication Lab Expansion |
Emporia Main Street | Emporia/Lyon County |
IGNITE Innovation Center |
Great Bend Alive |
Great Bend/ Barton County |
Bluejay community retail renovation |
City of Hillsboro |
Hillsboro/Marion County |
Edwards County Fair Building commercial kitchen renovation |
Edwards County Fair Board | Kinsley/Edwards County |
The Community Hub |
Wichita County Economic Development | Leoti/Wichita County |
Launching the Topeka startup community |
Omni Circle Group | Topeka/Shawnee County |
Caldwell Workspace commercial kitchen |
Sumner County Economic Development Commission | Wellington/ Sumner County |
Side Gig Studio |
Cardinal Community Foundation | Wetmore/Nemaha County |
A La Carte commercial kitchen incubator |
Create Campaign | Wichita/Sedgwick County |
Primary partners involved:
Project partners involved:
- Neosho County Fair Board
- Life Skills Academy Innovative Business Resource Center
- Emporia Main Street
- Great Bend Alive
- City of Hillsboro
- Edwards County Fair Board
- Wichita County Economic Development
- Omni Circle Group
- Sumner County Economic Development Commission
- Cardinal Community Foundation
- Create Campaign
Locations involved:
- Chanute/Neosho County
- Coffeyville/Montgomery County
- Emporia/Lyon County
- Great Bend/Barton County
- Hillsboro/Marion County
- Kinsley/Edwards County
- Leoti/Wichita County
- Topeka/Shawnee County
- Wellington/Sumner County
- Wetmore/Nemaha County
- Wichita/Sedgwick County