Local Funding Opportunities
Are you looking to start a new business or expand your current business? Check out our local funding options. Let us know how we can help your business in Pawnee County! In addition to loans and grants, check out the Kansas Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Capital Access Center, or NetWork Kansas for state-wide programs and assistance with your business plan, financial predictions, and more.
Pawnee County E-Community Loan
Interested in starting a new business? Looking to expand a current business? Need to purchase some new equipment? We may be able to help! Pawnee County Economic Development has recently been named an E-Community through NetWork Kansas. This gives us the ability to administer small business loans to help your needs. Not only may we help with your financial needs, we also provide resources and assistance. Need help with your business plan? Contact us. Want ideas for marketing? Contact us. If you need help, we will work hard to lend a hand.
To learn more, you may download our E-Community Brochure and/or E-Community Overview.
Pawnee County Neighborhood Revitalization Plan
The plan is intended to promote the revitalization and development of the County of Pawnee by stimulating new construction and rehabilitation, conservation or redevelopment of the area in order to protect the public health, safety or welfare of the residents of the County by offering certain incentives, which include tax rebates. In accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 12-17, 114 et seq., the Pawnee County Commissioners have held public hearings and considered the existing conditions and alternatives with respect to the designed area, the criteria and standards for a tax rebate and the necessity for inter-local cooperation among the other taxing units. Accordingly, the commissioners have carefully reviewed, evaluated and determined that the designated Area meets one or more of the conditions; to be designated as a “neighborhood revitalization area/dilapidated structure.”
Learn more about the Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, download a brochure, or view the application.
Grants & Scholarships
Kansas Department of Commerce Grants
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Pawnee County Pitch Your Porch Grant Competition
The Pitch Your Porch (PYP) Grant Program is designed to assist property and business owners in rehabilitating the commercial facades of their buildings to create a positive visual impact throughout the downtown districts of Pawnee County communities. Fund focus is geared toward restaurants, hospitality, and downtown businesses that support shopping districts to complement other community development efforts.
Deadline to apply: June 7th, 2024
Come Home Reverse Scholarship
Your hometown is where it all began! We have a unique scholarship opportunity that awards funding to graduates that move back to the Golden Belt area. This program, also known as a reverse scholarship, encourages students to return to the communities they grew up in. Search for community funds and learn about the Come Home Reverse Scholarship through the Golden Belt Community Foundation.