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.

Read the announcement of the funded projects.

This map show the 11 locations of projects for the K-State 105 Entrepreneurial Blueprint Initiative.

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
K-State 105 Entrepreneurial Blueprint Initiative

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

Read the July 2024 announcement of the funding opportunity.