Having put the finishing touches on a three-year community engagement initiative, a group of Allen County residents want the work to continue. Citizens from Moran, Humboldt, LaHarpe and Savonburg gathered Thursday at Thrive Allen County
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offices to discuss the future of Allen County Together, a monthly meeting in which folks talk about goings-on in their respective communities. The meetings started in 2015 as part of the Community Engagement Initiative funded by the Kansas Health Foundation. The initiative led to several citizen-led improvements throughout the county, from new playground equipment in LaHarpe, storm sirens in Elsmore and a fitness center in Moran.
The grant funding expired in 2018, but attendees agreed the meetings were invaluable in keeping others in the county abreast of happenings in their hometowns, share ideas and plot the course for future projects.