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Downtown renovation advances with $300,000 grant

By Gaille PikeSpecial to the Hays Daily NewsA long-unused upper floor at 1012 Main Street is slated to become three short-term rental units through a renovation supported by a $300,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).Hays city commissioners authorized agreements Oct. 22 allowing the project by Tim Speno’s One Twenty Seven Investments, LLC, to move forward.…

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Kansas rural business champion retires from K-State

By Pat Melgares, K-State Extension news service MANHATTAN, Kan. – A Kansas man who popularized the phrase ‘Now, That’s Rural’ while advocating for community development across the state for nearly 40 years has reached a…