Main Street Phillipsburg

EntrepreneurShip Investigation kicks-off with Guest Speakers!

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:19:13 +0000

ESI is a first ever youth entrepreneurial curriculum being taught to over fifty eighth grade students here in Phillipsburg, KS. This is a public-private partnership between Discover Phillipsburg Main Street, the Entrepreneurial Center of Phillipsburg and Phillipsburg Middle School! Today, two local business owners came to speak to the children!

Rural Opportunity Zone Commercial

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:55:48 +0000

Phillipsburg was highlighted in a Rural Opportunity Zone commercial advertisment through the Kansas Department of Commerce. Recognize anyone??

ROZ Commercial

Winner of the Downtown in December Punch Card Drawing!

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:43:15 +0000

Congratulations to Bruce Williams - winner of the $500 in Chamber Bonus Bucks in our Downtown in December punch card drawing! The Downtown in December punch card drawing was an event that was held to provide an incentive to our citizens that shopped locally during the Christmas season. If you shopped in a participating business, you received a punch card for any $10 or more purchase. The punch card consisted of 5 $10 punches, once the punch card was full - you wrote down your name and number and were entered in to a drawing to win either and iPad 2 or $500 in Chamber Bonus Bucks. The winner was announced LIVE on KKAN/KQMA the Tadpoll on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011. This event began with the Downtown in December kick-off event that occured December 1st. The PHS Amendment sang carols, the Kensington Bell Choir performed, Santa was at Couli Kaffee and a free viewing of Winnie the Pooh was at the Majestic theatre! We recieved over 1,600 punch cards equaling over $80,000 spent locally this Christmas Season. People from all over the Phillips County, the State and even out-of-state were recorded shopping in Phillipsburg! How incredible!!

Winner of the Downtown in December Punch Card drawing!

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:39:54 +0000

Congratulations to Cheryl Sporleder - winner of the iPad 2 in our Downtown in December punch card drawing! The Downtown in December punch card drawing was an event that was held to provide an incentive to our citizens that shopped locally during the Christmas season. If you shopped in a participating business, you received a punch card for any $10 or more purchase. The punch card consisted of 5 $10 punches, once the punch card was full - you wrote down your name and number and were entered in to a drawing to win either and iPad 2 or $500 in Chamber Bonus Bucks. The winner was announced LIVE on KKAN/KQMA the Tadpoll on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011. This event began with the Downtown in December kick-off event that occured December 1st. The PHS Amendment sang carols, the Kensington Bell Choir performed, Santa was at Couli Kaffee and a free viewing of Winnie the Pooh was at the Majestic theatre! We recieved over 1,600 punch cards equaling over $80,000 spent locally this Christmas Season. People from all over the Phillips County, the State and even out-of-state were recorded shopping in Phillipsburg! How incredible!!

Foundation for Rural Service awards $3,600 to Phillipsburg Youth Program

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:22:49 +0000

Of more than 120 applications, six projects across the nation received funding from the Foundation for Rural Service Grant program. The Youth EntrepreneurShip Investigation (ESI), a first ever pilot program initiated by a Public/Private partnership between Phillipsburg Middle School, Discover Phillipsburg Main Street, and the Entrepreneurial Center in Phillipsburg, is one of those six projects which received funding.

The ESI curriculum was developed through the University of Nebraska, in Lincoln. EntrepreneurShip Investigation is an exciting, interactive, and comprehensive curriculum project designed for youth, ages 10-19. Through exciting activities, case studies and current technology, students are transformed into budding entrepreneurs! Not only that, students will learn that they can do all of these things without moving to a large city. This curriculum will be presented to fifty-one eighth grade students at the Phillipsburg Middle school, taught three days a week by instructors Mrs. Jackie Abell and Mr. Jim Smith.

The funding awarded by the FRS grant program will provide seed money to any viable business plans that may arise from this curriculum. “We are excited about partnering with Discover Phillipsburg Main Street and the Phillipsburg Middle school for this Youth ESI program. How exciting to know through the FRS grant, we will be able to offer seed money for those students who are serious about becoming youth entrepreneurs,” stated Bridgit Smith, Director of the Phillips County Community Foundation.

In addition to the seed money, a portion of this grant is will be used to fund the Train the Trainer session. This session is scheduled for December 9th at the E-Center in Phillipsburg. The training is not only open to the Phillipsburg teachers, but is also to anyone in the region interested in developing their own ESI program.

The Foundation for Rural Service provides annual grants for programs in rural communities served by NTCA Members. Their grants support local efforts to build and sustain a high quality of life in rural America.

For a list of other projects that were awarded funding, please visit:

http://www.frs.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5410&Itemid=2423

For more information, please contact Kera Nuckolls, Executive Director of Discover Phillipsburg Main Street at (785) 540-4284 or dpmainstreet@ruraltel.net or Bridgit Smith, Executive Director of the Phillips County Community Foundation at (785) 540-4110 or pccf@ruraltel.net .

Start ‘My Own Business’ Course!

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:29:52 +0000

Discover Phillipsburg Main Street and the Entrepreneurial Center (E-Center) are partnering to offer a ‘My Own Business’ course! Join us on Wednesday evening’s beginning January 11^th, 2012 for a course that will cover the topic of starting your own business! The class will be offered in the E-Center at the Fischer Building, at 6:30 p.m. lasting two to three hours each Wednesday and will be divided over a ten week period – ending on March 14^th, 2012. The course is being facilitated by Gene Bugbee, Vice President with Farmers National Bank and Linda Martin, Owner – Third Street Bakery and will be instructed by local Small Business owners, Accountants, Insurance Agents and Community Development Directors. The cost of this course is $200 including textbook and materials.

“Attending the My Own Business Course is an exciting opportunity for those in our county who has an entrepreneurial spirit and want to learn more about being a business owner! The ER committee has been diligently working to develop an effective course for those interested in starting their own business. Our community is rich with small business owners who have dedicated their lives to the betterment of Phillipsburg. It is exciting that many of these business owners have agreed to give of their time and talents in teaching the different session throughout this class.” Bridgit Smith, Executive Director of the Entrepreneurial Center (E-Center).

This course is designed for the entrepreneur who wants to start his or her own business and the individual who has an established small business and would like to see that business grow and prosper. Each session will guide entrepreneurs through the minefields of common, avoidable mistakes. Topics are presented in sequential order of need-to-know and will include: Deciding on a Business, Business Plan, Home-Based Business, Financing, Business Organization, Licenses and Permits, Business Insurance, Communication Tools, Buying a Business/Franchise, Location and Leasing, Accounting and Cash Flow, E-Commerce, Opening and Marketing, Managing Employees and Expanding/Handling Problems.

For more information, please contact Kera Nuckolls, Executive Director of Discover Phillipsburg Main Street at (785) 540-4284 or dpmainstreet@ruraltel.net.

Downtown in December Kick-Off Event

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:16:35 +0000

An incredible time was had at the ‘Downtown in December’ kick-off event last night! What a treat it was to have the Kensington Bell Choir and the Phillipsburg High School Amendment in our downtown. Santa will definately be busy this Christmas after all of the good boys and girls that stopped by! Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped make it a special night and of course thank you to all of those who made it out despite the chilly weather! Don’t forget to fill out your wish list at participating stores through December and be sure to use those punch cards!!

Sawyer’s Ace Hardware Main Street Mingle

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:24:21 +0000

Everyone had such a great time at Sawyer’s Ace Hardware Main Street Mingle! Almost forty business owners and community leaders were mingling! Great food and drinks, catching up with friends, and of course-GREAT Christmas ideas! Who could ask for more?! If your business is interested in hosting a Main Street Mingle-give our Office a call at 785-540-4284! Congratulations to Howard King who was the winner of the amaryllis kit and to Helen Witmer, the lucky winner of a Christmas tea towel.

Halloween Hotdog Feed

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:18:07 +0000

It was a fantastic turn out at our Halloween Hotdog feed this year! It was great to see all of those unique characters out and about downtown Phillipsburg! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to grab a delicous hotdog, chips and warm apple cider!

KS Downtown Symposium-Award Winner

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:08:23 +0000

The Kansas Department of Commerce recently announced the winners of the Main Street Awards of Excellence at the annual Kansas Downtown Symposium at Memorial Hall in Independence, Kansas. Discover Phillipsburg Main Street was very pleased to hear that our program received the Excellence in Fundraising for our Historic Playing Cards!