Even though there is still some work to be completed, Ellis County officials, along with those from the recently formed Cottonwood Extension District, celebrated the completion of the last of three building renovations.
“We’re so excited because we’re done!” Ellis County Administrator and project manager Phillip Smith-Hanes told the crowd gathered in the lobby and an adjacent conference room for a Hays Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting at the offices of the Extension district, formed in 2017 by a merger of the Ellis and Barton county Kansas State University Research and Extension programs.
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