2020
December
Kathleen Norman, our former AmeriCorps VISTA, joins our team as the new Assistant Director.
November
EcoDevo received a $150,000 grant to cover engineering and legal expenses for a rail transload facility.
Our third AmeriCorps VISTA concluded his service.
Our third AmeriCorps VISTA concluded his service.
September
After 5 years with EcoDevo, our Program Director, Ashlee Bevan left to pursue other opportunities.
Stafford County received their SPARK funds.
The lot in front of the new mural at 2nd and Main in St. John was landscaped by volunteers.
Stafford County received their SPARK funds.
The lot in front of the new mural at 2nd and Main in St. John was landscaped by volunteers.
August
The Kansas State University Department of Architecture Planning and Design delivered the panels to assemble the Net+ house at 8th and Broadway in St. John. The EcoDevo staff and a few members of the KSU Architecture Department erected the wall panels and most of the roof from Friday, August 7th through Wednesday, August 12th working 12-15 hour days.
The two Bike & Build VAAPs completed their 8-week service term in Stafford County. Words can't express how thankful we are for their contributions as well as Bike & Build giving them the opportunity.
A plan was developed and submitted for the use of SPARK funding.
The two Bike & Build VAAPs completed their 8-week service term in Stafford County. Words can't express how thankful we are for their contributions as well as Bike & Build giving them the opportunity.
A plan was developed and submitted for the use of SPARK funding.
July
EcoDevo became the point of contact for Stafford County's Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas (SPARK) grant.
June
Two Bike & Build VAAPs started an 8-week volunteer service term to contribute towards affordable housing projects across the county.
EcoDevo received a $500,000 grant from Kansas Housing Resources Corporation to construct four more homes in Stafford County utilizing the floor plan from the Net+ build.
EcoDevo received a $500,000 grant from Kansas Housing Resources Corporation to construct four more homes in Stafford County utilizing the floor plan from the Net+ build.
March
Mid-month, Devon Wilson joined us as our third AmeriCorps VISTA. This is the Community Relations position that focuses on the programming development for the historic Gray Photo Studio on Main Street in St. John.
Artist Inga Ojala started painting a new mural on the south facing wall at the northwest corner of 2nd and Main in St. John. The project was sponsored by the Kansas Creative Arts Industry Commission and The Church of Jesus Christ in St. John. The mural will depict the founding of the town of St. John, as the settlers arrived from the north of what is now St. John and saw it as a Utopian place to begin their community.
Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the computers at Worskpace 311 started computing for Folding at Home (FAH). FAH is an organization that focuses on fighting world disease. The organization works with Stanford University to use something called 'distributed computing' to simulate proteins, and how they function in the body. Essentially, instead of having one computer the size of a building to work through calculations, a million computers already in people's homes take on the workload. This work load is distributed into smaller work units, almost like homework assignments, to each computer. After that work is completed, the computer waits in line for more work and the cycle continues.
Artist Inga Ojala started painting a new mural on the south facing wall at the northwest corner of 2nd and Main in St. John. The project was sponsored by the Kansas Creative Arts Industry Commission and The Church of Jesus Christ in St. John. The mural will depict the founding of the town of St. John, as the settlers arrived from the north of what is now St. John and saw it as a Utopian place to begin their community.
Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the computers at Worskpace 311 started computing for Folding at Home (FAH). FAH is an organization that focuses on fighting world disease. The organization works with Stanford University to use something called 'distributed computing' to simulate proteins, and how they function in the body. Essentially, instead of having one computer the size of a building to work through calculations, a million computers already in people's homes take on the workload. This work load is distributed into smaller work units, almost like homework assignments, to each computer. After that work is completed, the computer waits in line for more work and the cycle continues.
January
Our second AmeriCorps VISTA, Hannah Ward, began her service year mid-month. This is the Community Development position that works on broad economic development in our office.
