The cities of Halstead and North Newton worked together to submit a successful SEED Grant application and soon North Newton park will see new shade structures, the Halstead Public Library will have new carpeting, and the Kansas Learning Center for Health (KLCH) will install new exercise equipment as a result of the cooperation. Halstead City Manager Ethan Reimer said the SEED grants were only going to be awarded one per county so Halstead and North Newton negotiated a way to come together instead of competing for the limited grant money. “We thought it was better and more in the spirit, and help the overall county if all of us got a little bit instead of them asking for $50,000 directly and us asking for $50,000 directly,” Reimer said. “Everyone that had a project that might qualify, we all got together and compromised and came to a mutual agreement when that application was put in.”
Source: Harvey County Now
