NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (EMKF) have launched Heartland Together, a program to encourage local business growth in towns and cities across the American heartland. Reno County has been chosen as a pilot community for this program.
"We hope, through this process, to engage community members broadly that uphold entrepreneurs," said Kari Mailloux with the Hutchinson Community Foundation. "Whether you are an entrepreneur yourself, or an entrepreneur support organization, or someone who cares about the success of entrereneurs."
The first step of this work is to better understand the persistent challenges in the support system around entrepreneurs. To do this, KLC and EMKF are hosting a Diagnosis Event on Tuesday, September 19. Thirty-one entrepreneurs have signed up for the daytime event.
Also, Tuesday night Heartland Together is the subject of the monthly Entrepreneurship Connections event at Sandhills Brewing at 5:30 p.m. and the public can attend that event.
The Heartland Together flagship experience will happen November 14-16, 2023. There are 25 slots for that experience.