The Emporia City Commission offered partial matching funds toward a request from Emporia Main Street executive director Casey Woods for a tech accelerator program, Wednesday afternoon. Woods said Main Street needs $750,000 to match a possible grant from the Economic Development Administration. He asked the Lyon County Commission for the funding last month, but the county did not want to act without a funding partner. Woods said the grand would help Emporia’s effort to build and support tech jobs. He said the city and county have been known to support these types of things before. “The crux of what we’re asking for today is consideration by the city to join in with other partners and support tech based entrepreneurs,” he said.
Source: Emporia Gazette
