September 9

Commerce Launches Unique Grant Program to Transform a Downtown Block

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the launch of the Building Local Opportunity through Coordinated Kansas…

July 6

Kansas Community Empowerment Program Accepting New Applications

The City Square Park Bandstand, at 100 S. 9th St. in Humboldt, Kansas, was built in 1907. It was listed…

June 30

Commerce Awards CSP Tax Credits to 24 Kansas Non-Profit Organizations

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced that the Department of Commerce has awarded $4.13 million in…

June 22

Kanopolis Drive-In Receives $65,000 Grant to Preserve Historic Outdoor Theatre

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced that the Kansas Department of Commerce has awarded a $65,000…

May 13

New Round of HEAL Funding to Assist 15 Rural Communities

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the Kansas Department of Commerce awarded over $1.3 million in Historic…

February 13

Commerce Launches Two New Kansas Community Empowerment Grants

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the launch of two new grant opportunities through the Kansas…

February 10

Upper Floor Housing Coming to Two Kansas Main Street Communities

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced two Kansas Main Street communities have been awarded funding through…

January 9

New Grant Opportunities Available Through Revised SIGNS Program

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced a new round of Supporting Innovative Growth through New Signage…

December 31

Governor Kelly Announces $6.7M in Broadband Acceleration Grants for Kansas

Governor Laura Kelly today announced that $6.7 million has been awarded to five Internet Service Providers through the latest round…

December 24

Fifteen Rural Economic Development Grant Recipients Announced

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the Office of Rural Prosperity at the Department of Commerce…

December 11

Commerce Opens Applications for Rural Champions Program

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced that the Office of Rural Prosperity has opened applications for…

December 8

Kansas Broadband Receives Federal Approval for $166.6M BEAD Final Proposal 

Governor Laura Kelly announced today that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved the Kansas Office of Broadband…

September 30

Commerce Offers $1.5M in HEAL Grants to Revitalize Downtown Buildings

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced that $1.5 million is available for a sixth round of…

September 23

Commerce Receives IEDC Excellence in Economic Development Gold Award

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the Department of Commerce has been awarded the 2025 Excellence…

September 15

Commerce Assistant Secretary to Serve on IEDC Board of Directors

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced that Commerce Assistant Secretary of Quality Places Matt Godinez has…

August 27

Commerce Receives IEDC Excellence in Economic Development Gold Award

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the Department of Commerce has been awarded the 2025 Excellence…

August 8

Commerce Awards $362,000 in E-HEAL Funding for Rural Downtown Buildings

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced that the Department of Commerce has awarded $362,000 through the…

August 4

Commerce’s Quality Places Division Awarded Two National Impact Awards

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the Kansas Department of Commerce has earned national recognition for…

July 9

Commerce Awards $4.1 Million in Tax Credits to Spur Revitalization Efforts

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the Department of Commerce has awarded $4.1 million through the…

July 3

Commerce Launches New Chapter of Kansas Community Empowerment Program

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the Kansas Department of Commerce has assumed the administration of…

June 12

Commerce Supports Five Communities with Upper Floor Units Downtown

Lieutenant Governor and Commerce Secretary David Toland today announced five grant recipients will share $250,000 funding through the Residential Opportunities…

May 28

Collaboration Fuels Investment in Kansas’ Smallest Rural Communities

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced that in partnership with the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, Kansas…

April 30

Commerce Launches Blueprint to Build Grant Program for Community Centers

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the launch of the Blueprint to Build program, an innovative…

April 22

Commerce Awards CDBG Grants to Support Commercial Revitalization Projects

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the Kansas Department of Commerce has awarded $758,250 in Community…

April 17

Commerce Encourages Communities to Attend Housing Resources Event

The Quality Places Division at the Kansas Department of Commerce is encouraging Kansas communities interested in moving local housing initiatives…

April 14

Commerce Celebrating Community Development Week with Statewide Tour

The Kansas Department of Commerce will celebrate National Community Development Week (April 21-25) with the inaugural Community Impact Tour –…

April 1

Commerce Announces New Opportunity for Transformative Art in Public Spaces

The Kansas Department of Commerce today announced the launch of an innovative program to support the enhancements of often overlooked…

April 1

Commerce Launches SIGNS Grant to Boost Downtown Revitalization

The Kansas Department of Commerce today launched the Supporting Innovative Growth through New Signage (SIGNS) grant, a new initiative aimed…

February 25

Commerce CDBG Program Awards Almost $3.5M for Economic Development Projects

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the Kansas Department of Commerce has awarded $3.47 million in…

February 20

Commerce Unveils Groundbreaking Overhaul of Community Development Block Grant Program

The Kansas Department of Commerce announced today significant changes to its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) – Community Facilities program…

February 5

Lt. Governor Toland Announces More Than $4 Million Available in Community Service Tax Credit Program

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced $4.13 million in tax credits will be made available under…

January 31

Governor Kelly Announces Nearly $11M for Community Improvements

Governor Laura Kelly announced Friday that 24 rural Kansas communities will receive a share of nearly $10.9 million through the…

December 9

Commerce Launches New Quality of Place Grant for Rural Revitalization

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced today the launch of the new Towns grant program. This program…