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Classrooms to Comeback: Frontier Development Eyes Revival of Kansas Avenue School
By: Austin Hoagland/Emporia Gazette A Manhattan-based development firm known for restoring historic buildings in small Kansas towns is setting its sights on Emporia. Frontier Development
City approves grants, tax abatements for moderate-income housing
By: Cole BertelsenPosted On: Oct 7, 2025 The Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved three requests related to a moderate-income housing project. The action
City approves amended agreement for Moro housing project
By Brandon Peoples Posted On: Sep 18, 2025 An amended development agreement was approved this week for a workforce housing project on Moro Street after
Public hearing set to consider turning El Dorado’s Masonic Hall into housing
by: Carina Branson Posted: Aug 4, 2025 EL DORADO, Kan. (KSNW) – City commissioners are looking to turn the historic Masonic Hall in downtown El Dorado into
City advances incentive package for Moro townhome project
By Brandon Peoples brandon@1350kman.com – Jun 18, 2025 A new housing development on Moro Street is moving forward after city officials on Tuesday unanimously supported
Commerce Supports Five Communities with Upper Floor Units Downtown
Published Jun 12, 2025 Lieutenant Governor and Commerce Secretary David Toland today announced five grant recipients will share $250,000 funding through the Residential Opportunities On
By: Austin Hoagland/Emporia Gazette A Manhattan-based development firm known for restoring historic buildings in small Kansas towns is setting its sights on Emporia. Frontier Development Group has the Kansas Avenue School under contract with hopes of renovating it into 12
By: Cole BertelsenPosted On: Oct 7, 2025 The Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved three requests related to a moderate-income housing project. The action approves use of grants and tax abatements for the Manhattan Infill Housing project for two
By Brandon Peoples Posted On: Sep 18, 2025 An amended development agreement was approved this week for a workforce housing project on Moro Street after the developer increased the scope of the project. The city commission in June approved an
by: Carina Branson Posted: Aug 4, 2025 EL DORADO, Kan. (KSNW) – City commissioners are looking to turn the historic Masonic Hall in downtown El Dorado into housing. On Monday night, the commission approved a resolution to schedule a public hearing on creating
By Brandon Peoples brandon@1350kman.com – Jun 18, 2025 A new housing development on Moro Street is moving forward after city officials on Tuesday unanimously supported a resolution and economic development agreement with Midtown Holdings, LLC. The developer is planning an
Published Jun 12, 2025 Lieutenant Governor and Commerce Secretary David Toland today announced five grant recipients will share $250,000 funding through the Residential Opportunities On Main Street (ROOMS) program. Five projects in designated Kansas Main Street communities have been awarded
by: Matthew Self Posted: Jun 2, 2025 / 09:58 AM CDT MARYSVILLE (KSNT) – A Manhattan-based development company is setting its sights on a small town in rural north-central Kansas this year where it plans to inject life into some aging historic
By: Brandon Peoples brandon@1350kman.com May 22, 2025 The Manhattan City Commission took final action Tuesday on a pair of consent agenda items tied to workforce housing. Among them was the final reading of a rezoning of K-State’s Unger Complex from
By Brandon Peoples brandon@1350kman.com – May 20, 2025 City commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance establishing a new reinvestment housing incentive district (RHID) in a northwest Manhattan neighborhood. The LK Townhomes project, led by Frontier
By Amanda Davis May 15, 2025 Updated 2 hrs ago The USD 253 Board of Education officially signed a $3.6 million contract to significantly renovate the Emporia Middle School (EMS) track and field space during its regular Board meeting Wednesday
By Brandon Peoples Apr 15, 2025 A “workforce housing” project in northwest Manhattan is one step closer to becoming a reality. City commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution of intent to establish a Reinvestment Housing Incentive District (RHID) on
By Chris Pannbacker Mar 5, 2025 The development of Koester Block commercial buildings received major news last week with the award of $650,000 in Moderate Income Housing funds to the city of Marysville and $384,000 in Kansas Housing Investor Tax