News and Events from the Greater Garden City Area
St. Catherine Hospital, LiveWell Finney County, and Finney County Economic Development Corporation have joined forces to host a virtual Town Hall to share current information regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic with Finney County residents and businesses.Panelists will be on hand from St. Catherine Hospital, USD 363, USD 457, Garden City Community […]
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 […]
Finney County businesses are invited to attend a webinar hosted by Finney County Economic Development Corporation in conjunction with Downtown Vision, Finney County CVB, and the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce as Governor Kelly’s Executive Stay-at-Home Order expires. The webinar will take place Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 4:00 […]
Happy Friday! (It’s Friday, right???) As many of you may know (or not), the Greater Garden City site is a partnership between Garden City Journal and Finney County Economic Development Corporation. Which means FCEDC staff split the duties of maintaining the GGC website and social media sites. In normal times, […]
The Garden City Journal facebook page, in partnership with American Implement, the City of Garden City and Finney County Economic Development Corporation, is featuring a new video series developed especially for kids during this critical time of social distancing—Sunflower Kids Academy. The first video, which premiered Tuesday morning, features […]
Garden City Community College is partnering with Finney County Economic Development and Flat Mountain Brewhouse to host Santa’s Flight School, an exclusive, one-night beer-tasting experience! The event begins at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, and includes one flight of beer, one pint of choice from beers available on […]
Garden City High School will host a freshman career fair on Friday, December 6, 2019. The career fair is being presented by the Finney County Workforce Connection and will assist freshman students in choosing one of 15 career pathways available at GCHS. During their first year of high school, Garden […]
Nov. 20 Workforce Seminar Designed to Tackle Toughest Employer Challenges Garden City Community College is partnering with the Finney County Economic Development Corporation to host a one-day seminar for employers, helping them to tackle the toughest challenges they face. The Western Kansas Workforce Challenge will be held on Wednesday, Nov. […]
Kansas Department of Commerce Secretary David Toland, center, listens as HJ Swender, with American Warrior, talks about the Parrot Cove Indoor Water Park during a tour of the community on Tuesday. By SCOTT AUST Director of Communications/Finney County Economic Development GARDEN CITY — Kansas Secretary of Commerce David Toland visited […]
By SCOTT AUST, FCEDC Director of Communications The Finney County Economic Development Corporation’s Board of Directors on Wednesday heard an update concerning the organization’s roadmap for addressing the community’s childcare needs FCEDC has been working with childcare professionals and organizations in the community for more than two years about childcare. […]
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