Governor to Attend April 13 Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for 'Resourceful Kansas'

Governor Sam Brownback will join "Resourceful Kansas" partners Riley County Public Works, GBA Architects and Engineers, and Kansas State University on April 13 at 2 pm at the Riley County Public Works facility, 6215 Tuttle Creek Blvd., Manhattan, Kan., for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the launch of "Resourceful Kansas: A Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Blueprint for Communities Across Kansas." The public is invited. 

The program, funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is designed to engage communities throughout the state in making a fundamental shift toward a less energy-intensive, more efficient economy.

“Resourceful Kansas is a very exciting program designed to reduce energy consumption, increase efficient energy practices, help Kansas harvest its abundant, nonpolluting wind and solar resources, and cultivate new economic opportunities throughout the state,” said GBA Project Manager Jennifer Gunby, P.E., LEED AP. “This innovative program will engage local governments and others in implementing projects that will save energy and demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of sustainable energy and economic development strategies for Kansas and surrounding states.”

Governor Brownback gave a nod to renewable energy in his State of the State address, saying "I want Kansas to be known not only as the Wheat State, but as the Renewable State."

Guests will have an opportunity to tour the facility immediately following the ceremony.

For more information and to apply for the Resourceful Kansas program, visit the website at ResourcefulKansas.org.