NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — While attending the NetWork Kansas Central Region Retreat in Minneapolis, Kansas last month, StartUp Hutch received an award for how well they are connecting entrepreneurs to each other.
"They gave out a few awards at this retreat," said Jackson Swearer with StartUp Hutch. "We were pleasantly surprised to be awarded with the entrepreneurship ecosystem cultivation award. They told us that was because of all these things that we're doing like the Entrepreneurship Connections and the workshops and the Coffees in the County."
StartUp Hutch has worked alongside partners such as the Hutch Chamber, The Hutchinson Community Foundation, business owners and others, to develop a robust entrepreneurship ecosystem in Reno County.
"Our Growing Rural Businesses training, we just got that group together for a little reunion," Swearer said. "I've been told that we're the only community that's actually gotten their folks back together again for a reunion. We're just trying to keep people connected and keep them working together, so that they can learn from each other. We really foster that here in Reno County. I think that's one of the things that we've done really well over the past four or five years."
For more information on StartUp Hutch funding opportunities, resources, or events, visit www.startuphutch.com or contact Jackson Swearer at 620-665-3319.
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