The Haskell Foundation, a nonprofit with the mission of supporting Haskell Indian Nations University, has hired Haskell alum Andi Weber as its new executive director. Weber, a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin and a descendant of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, joins the foundation from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in Fort Hall, Idaho, where she managed more than 20 ...
Baldwin Retirement Apartment Complex Inc. may sound like the name of a retirement home, but it was actually the first affordable housing agency to appear in Baldwin City, and it's the only one that’s a nonprofit today. BRAC was one of 14 county agencies to make the final list of recipients for Douglas County’s American Rescue Plan Act funding in July, and it's the only agency on that list not based in ...
Near the Robert Hall Pearson house at Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park just outside Baldwin City, visitors can now take in a sight that hasn't been seen in decades — the return of native prairie grass. Restoring native prairie plants on the historic site is a project that’s been two years in the making for the Grassland Heritage Foundation and Native Lands LLC. Both organizations make it a mission to ...
Harvesters Community Food Network is moving its Topeka distribution facility to northwest Lawrence. Harvesters, a regional Feeding America food bank, is purchasing a property at 1220 Timberedge Road and plans to begin operating there by June of 2024; the nonprofit’s president and CEO, Stephen Davis, told the Journal-World last week that he expected to close the sale by late December. The property is in the ...
Douglas County leaders on Wednesday were briefed on the status of American Rescue Plan Act funding disbursements so far, as well as a new procedure for awardees who need to report changes to their ARPA project scopes or budgets. The Douglas County Commission heard a presentation on the topic at its Wednesday evening meeting. County staff reported that since the commission finished the process of allocating ARPA ...
This week, Douglas County leaders will learn more about how much aid has gone to the recipients of the county’s American Rescue Plan Act funding so far, and how those agencies can revise the scope of their proposed projects moving forward. In July, the commission decided on 14 county agencies that would receive about $15 million of the county’s ARPA funds. So far, county staff has executed nine funding ...