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Governor Kelly Announces Kansas Moving Forward with $451.7M High-Speed Internet Deployment Plan Governor Laura Kelly today announced federal approval of the state’s Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Initial Proposal Volume 2, providing an investment of more than $450 million to expand Kansas’ high-speed internet infrastructure. Funding will be granted to areas that have been identified as underserved through a competitive application process that will begin in July. Kansas Tourism Announces Participating Attractions for the Sunflower Summer Program for Kansas Families Kansas Tourism is pleased to announce the lineup of attractions participating in the 2024 Sunflower Summer program. Designed as a benefit for Kansas families with school-age children, Sunflower Summer offers a way to explore and fall in love with Kansas by providing complimentary access to tourism attractions across the state. Kansas-Based IST Offers One-Stop Service for Food Processing Sector Industrial Service Technologies (IST) specializes in turn-key design, manufacturing and installation services for food production clients and other manufacturing operations nationwide, with company headquarters and its metal fabrication division based in Tonganoxie. Commerce Updates ROZ Student Loan Repayment Program  Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced significant changes to the Rural Opportunity Zones (ROZ) program that could increase participation in student loan repayments for people moving to rural Kansas counties. View All

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Business Recruitment

We know Kansas is a great place for business, and we think you’ll agree. Kansas has been, and continues to be, aggressive in its efforts to grow our economy. Major companies, such as Geico, Hostess Brands, CarMax, PBI Gordon, Empirical Foods, Walmart, Amazon, Kiewit, Mars, Triumph, Dairy Farmers of America, Kubota and General Motors all chose Kansas as their preferred business location. These companies selected Kansas due to the business advantages our state can offer, advantages that translate to increased performance and profits.

As the state’s lead economic development agency, the Kansas Department of Commerce strives to empower individuals, businesses and communities to achieve prosperity in Kansas. Kansas Commerce accomplishes its mission by developing relationships with corporations, site location consultants and stakeholders located not only in Kansas but nationwide. Our strong partnerships allow us to help create an environment for existing Kansas businesses to grow and foster an innovative, competitive landscape for new businesses. The Kansas Department of Commerce Business Recruitment team has expert knowledge and valuable relationships to ensure your business’ success.

When you contact the Kansas Department of Commerce, we will assign a Business Recruitment project manager to work with you every step of the way, whether you are in the preliminary stages of a site location project or ready to conduct a full-scale site location search

Joshua Jefferson

Deputy Secretary of Business Development

(785) 221-9016 [email protected]

Jeff Freeman

Recruitment Project Manager, Great Lakes Region

(202) 549-5999 [email protected]

Barbara Hake

Recruitment Project Manager, Kansas City Metro Region

(913) 909-0999 [email protected]

Randi Tveitaraas Jack

Deputy Director, International Division

(785) 845-0290 [email protected]

Beth Johnson

Business Recruitment Project Manager, East Coast Region

913.967.9332 [email protected]

Peter Ruiz

Business Recruitment Project Manager, West Coast Region

(213) 706-6654 [email protected]

Lacie Janzen

Business Recruitment Project Manager, Central Region

(620) 708-2753 [email protected]

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