A Kansas grant is helping put new apartments into old buildings across the state. “It’s crucial to have on Main Street. Main Streets have been notorious for dying out and we are very proud of our Main Street and what we continue to do for our Main Street,” said Clint Bundy, president of Sterling Main Street/Chamber of Commerce. Bundy explains Sterling is one of eight towns in Kansas getting fifty grand to help put apartments into upper floors of towns in the Kansas Main Street program. “It’s historic, it’s old. It needed a lot of attention and TLC,” said Bundy. Bundy’s talking about the historic Shay building. It was built in 1906 and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2010. It’s also getting new life on the upper floor with apartments on the way. “We have a developer who has been aggressive,” said Bundy. “So being able to allow housing on Main Street will draw more attention and more traffic to our town.” The Residential Opportunities on Main Street (ROOMS) grant from Kansas is a welcome addition to Sterling and the Main Street Program. They have continued to go after different grants for the town while doing local fundraising, like soup suppers for the Main Street Association. But the grant is a needed step to rehab pieces of the Main Street in Sterling, which happens to be Broadway Street.
Source: KSN-TV
