TOPEKA, Kan. — It was announced today by David Toland, Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of the Kansas Department of Commerce that $390,000 in Emergency Historic Economic Asset Lifeline (E-HEAL) grants were awarded to five recipients.
According to the Kansas Commerce, more than $770,000 private local matching funds will be added to the previous amount to help bring rural downtown buildings back from likely demolition or collapse.
The Emergency HEAL Program provides resources to communities with buildings that are at risk of imminent loss, causing damage to surrounding downtown buildings, and/or have significant damage due to natural causes such as fire, water, wind, storms, etc.
Lyons and Macksville are two towns that had buildings/projects eligible for funding.
The Rice County Community Foundation received a grant for $100,000 that will be used to repair the McCloud Buildings in Lyons on the north side of the square that were affected by the partial wall collapse last November.
The $85,000 grant awarded to Stafford County Economic Development for the City of Macksville will help fix the roof and back wall of the old Opera building downtown and also help repair damage threatening to the Macksville Community Building.
E-HEAL grant awardees for Fiscal Year 2024 include:
Building /Project | Organization | City | County | Award |
Happy Hippie Bldg. | Grow Clay County | Clay Center | Clay | $85,000 |
Julius Kuhn Block | Locally Atchison | Atchison | Atchison | $100,000 |
Macksville Community Building & Opera | Stafford Co. Economic Develop. | Macksville | Stafford | $85,000 |
McCloud Buildings | Rice Co. Community Foundation | Lyons | Rice | $100,000 |
No Place Like Home | Choose Ottawa County | Minneapolis | Ottawa | $20,000 |
Projects are to be completed within two years. For more information about E-HEAL, click here.
