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Bobbi Miles Director of Economic Development

Bobbi Miles Director of Economic Development. Home on the Range History. Higley Cabin birthplace of HOME on the RANGE. Geographical Center of US. Little Miss Liberty. Newly renovated Wagner Park. Historic Homes. Relihan Row a.k.a. Millionaire Row. Ingleboro Mansion.

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Bobbi Miles Director of Economic Development

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  1. Bobbi Miles Director of Economic Development

  2. Home on the RangeHistory Higley Cabin birthplace of HOME on the RANGE Geographical Center of US Little Miss Liberty

  3. Newly renovated Wagner Park

  4. Historic Homes Relihan Row a.k.a. Millionaire Row Ingleboro Mansion

  5. Historic Uptown Smith Center

  6. Old 1st National Bank BuildingKansas Historic Registry KPA’s 1st revolving fund project

  7. Uptown Smith Center

  8. New Businesses on Highway 36 Beffort Ecowater EMS Casey’s Appliances & Furniture Gene’s Heartland

  9. other new businesses on hwy 36 LandMark Implement Recently merged with Minden Terminal & McClymont in NE, and Phillips Co. Implement in KS Peterson Industries expanded main facility again & started RV repair shop

  10. Businesses expansions on Hwy 281 LTM of Lippert Components, Inc. Central Plains Co-op (recent consolidation) Athol, Kensington, Cedar & Smith Center

  11. New Homes

  12. Medical Facilities Schools

  13. Additional Facilities Airport Fairgrounds

  14. Entertainment City owned 10-hole golf course Community owned theater

  15. Businesses no longer operating in Smith Center (11)  since May of 2001 Style Shop Jan’s Country Cottage Prairie Wind Candle Business Mapes and Miller Radio Shack Wangfoozle Dale’s Grocery Sale Barn for cattle Simmons Furniture Hair Today Memory Lane

  16. Businesses retained (16) since May 2001 Country General-----------------------------------------------------------Orschelns Juenemann Optometrists----------------------------------Myers and Thompson Lyon Den ----------------------------------------------------------------2nd Cup Café McNerney’s Choice Amoco-----------------------------------Gibble Tire & Auto Shane McCall ---------------------------------------------------Deitz and Hardman Klein’s Green house ------------------------------------------------- Golden Prairie Simmons Mortuary-----------------------------Simmons Olive Boeve Mortuary Gene’s IGA ---------------------------------------------------------Gene’s Heartland Center Motel---------------------------------------------------under new ownership Scraptacular Scrapbooking-----------------------Memory Lane Scrapbooking Simmons Flower Shop--------------------------------Briar Ridge Floral & Gifts Baumann Ecowater------------------------------------------------Beffort Ecowater Tux’s Floorcovering-------------------------------------------------Mr. Carpetman Jim Fetter’s Law Office------------------------------Allen Shelton’s Law Office Framing business---------------------------------------------------------Frame Shop Hair Today--------------------------------------------------------------Hair Graphics

  17. Businesses expanded (21) since May of 2001 Smith County Memorial Hospital Smith County Implement Innc. EMS expansion to new facility on Highway Hardly Used to new facility on Main Street Pooche’s Graphic Central (expanded to include additional store on Main Street) Wheels Unlimited to new lot on Highway Peterson Industries several times Joe Pahl’s expansion to new store on Highway and further expansion Center Pharmacy to building to south LTM expanded and was sold for over $1 million Kevin Kriley T shirts, mugs, hats, etc. Jiffy Burger beautiful pond behind restaurant Tracy Kinsbury expanded to do plumbing as well as tree trimming Frame Shop to new location beside Ohmstede’s Coop consolidation between Smith Center and Athol Controlled Air Inc. (Sinclair from home to new location on HWY 36) Gene’s IGA expanded into Gene’s Heartland Hair Graphics Tanning Salon Stress Solutions expanded into an independent business Gene’s IGA

  18. New businesses (27)since May of 2001 Livestock auction at Sale Barn Dollar Stop NexTech Quilt Shop Mr. Carpetman Cedar Creek Embroidery Keep you in Stitches Stortz Auction Stress Solutions Learning Center Wheels Unlimited Tea Parlor Art Gallery Crematorium Scraptacular Scrapbooking Aflac Insurance D & K Home Repair Kina’s Kritters Candle Business Wangfoozle Shellito’s Auto Repair Center Monuments Antique Store in Simmons Liberty Welding Abigail’s Gourmet Gifts Peterson Industry’s RV Repair 3rd Street Design

  19. Not all roses- Not all thorns • Businesses no longer operating (11) • Businesses retained (16) • Businesses expanded (21) • New businesses (27)

  20. Current Economic Development Projectssince May 2001 0% Revolving Loan to retain, expand and start local businesses 11 loans made to date (over $200,000 loaned) Neighborhood Revitalization Program tax rebate for improvements to property (personal or business) 30 approved projects and 12 pending Wagner Park Renovation Project Cooperation of KPA (Kansas Preservation Alliance) Old Bank Building Junior Economic Development LMI Housing project with N.W. Kansas Housing Demolition, clean-up and revitalization program Set up (Rolling Hills) meteorological tower (loan from WAPA, data analysis by NREL) Investigating upper-scale no-maintenance housing

  21. In the works Call Center project (feasibility study completed, investor lined up) Developing Community Foundation Developing free land project Instituted transient guest tax to develop CVB organizing CVB plan tourist info. Center Developing our new image surveys to alumni and visitors Promoting our new image Website development with Nex-Tech Work on our Main Street Service Club Signs at entrance to city Continuing work outlined in strategic plan

  22. Completed projectssince May 2001 Ethanol feasibility study (shown not to be profitable at that time) Lodging Feasibility study 2 additional Facelift projects funded by Ec. Dev. DOC BREES program (survey businesses and get data analysis) Strategic Plan for city (funding received from DOC)

  23. Completed Rensellaerville Projects *Rent Reimbursal Program for new businesses *Movin’on Up  Planters and handrails on Main Street Live Better/Live Longer (recruit 50-65 year olds) 3 - Improvement projects at the golf course Facelift Projects Clean up Highway 36 Installing speaker system in downtown Signs on highway and advertising in travel magazines Business directory Mentoring and working with young adults Gazebo at Park

  24. Additional involvement Affiliate member of KDDA KDDA Board member Participant at annual Retreat for Rural Leaders Prosperity Summit participant Member of wKREDA Member of N.W. Kansas Travel Council Member of North Central Rural Development Council Resource Conservation and Development (alternate) Pioneer Country Development Board member Review board for SBA loans N.W. Kansas Planning Com. Kansas Preservation Alliance (KPA) board member K State Extension Ec. Dev. Board Member of Smith Center Chamber of Commerce

  25. We are pleased to be a Pilot Project! We intend to: • Find out what already works • Develop new methods • Make mistakes so others won’t have to • Transfer what we learn, so we all can benefit

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