MANHATTAN (October 28, 2020) - The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce they are a recipient of a $10,000 grant from the Evergy Hometown Economic Recovery Progam.
The grant will assist the Chamber’s efforts in promoting Manhattan to potential new residents and assisting existing employers in their efforts to recruit and retain key talent.
“This grant will allow us to expand the efforts to attract and retain people to the community,” said Daryn Soldan, director of economic development for the Chamber. “We will be launching a new product in partnership with 502 marketing this winter that will be key to our region’s economic future. We can’t wait to see it implemented.
“We appreciate our partnership with Evergy and their support of economic development in Manhattan through the Hometown Economic Recovery Program.”
More than 200 applications were submitted throughout the program that ended on October 1 with a total of 42 grants awarded in two phases. Areas of eligibility included small business support, business attraction and retention and workforce training and development.
Evergy’s Hometown Economic Recovery Program was part of the Company’s overall $2.2 million COVID Customer and Community Relief program announced in May, 2020. The program included three efforts including emergency relief, economic recovery and customer assistance. Evergy’s COVID Relief program pledge is in addition to the annual $6 million provided in community support.