News and Events from the Greater Garden City Area
The Garden City Public Schools Board of Education approved an updated calendar for the 2020-2021 school year at the July 30th Board meeting. The change to the calendar is to give the district more time to get prepared for the coming school year due to the COVID-19 virus. The original […]
Garden City Community College is offering a mix of classroom delivery styles this fall to maximize the health and safety of students, employees, and visitors to campus. This includes fully on-ground courses, fully online courses, and at least four other hybrid course options that will utilize both face-to-face instruction coupled […]
Garden City Community College has partnered with Ready Education, an international technology company, to provide students instant access to campus and academic services directly through their smartphones. Through the new app, students will have quick and easy access to personal course schedules, virtual event calendars, mental health support, community building […]
Garden City Community College, which is set to reopen its front doors to public traffic on July 6, will require employees, students, and visitors to wear a face mask that covers their nose and mouth while on campus. Because face masks are most likely to reduce the spread of COVID-19 […]
Garden City Community College will be welcoming back employees to campus on July 6 and reopening to public traffic on the same day. In anticipation of employees and visitors returning to campus (which has remained closed to the public since March 23), GCCC has developed a comprehensive reopening plan to […]
With stay-at-home restrictions easing across the region, and our upcoming 4th of July holiday, many Kansans are considering making their inaugural trips away from home – but is it safe? And how do we manage to travel in a way that’s still fun, while staying sensitive to current guidelines? Centura […]
Garden City Public Schools received a large quantity of personal protective equipment, or (PPE) from the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce on Monday, June 22nd. The Patterson Family Foundation donated various PPE items like masks and gowns to the Chamber of Commerce to help distribute to community organizations due […]
Local small businesses are currently feeling the unprecedented pressures from the economic and health impacts of COVID-19. In order to help alleviate some of these pressures, the City of Garden City has financial assistance (as available) for working capital through CDBG-CV Funds made available through a $132,000.00 grant provided to […]
Garden City Community College will resume on campus classes August 17, 2020 and finish the fall semester online following Thanksgiving break. This August date reflects the original start date of the 2020-21 academic calendar. Neither the start nor end date is changing for the fall term. The last day of […]
The Finney County Historical Museum has re-opened, effective June 8, with a new Front Door Gallery display in time for Flag Day and Independence Day. The museum, which closed to the public March 30 due to the state-mandated pandemic stay-at-home order, has also made additional updates and is observing […]
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