Edwards County Economic Development & Tourism

06/01/2026

Tomorrow marks the grand opening of Blue Sky Farms. Join us for this momentous occasion!

05/23/2026

We are excited to announce our HEAL Grant Award! Can not wait to see this project come to life!

05/22/2026

🎉 You’re Invited to the Grand Opening of Blue Sky Farms! 🎉

Join us as we celebrate a major milestone for Edwards County and the future of agriculture in our region. This exciting investment represents new opportunities, job growth, and continued progress for our community.

We invite the public to attend and celebrate alongside us. We are excited to share this special day with our community, partners, and supporters who helped make this vision a reality.

We look forward to celebrating with you! 🚜🐄🎉

04/30/2026

Big congratulations to Allie Walker from Kinsley Junior Senior High School for an outstanding performance at the Youth Entrepreneurship State Competition in Manhattan this week!

Allie represented Edwards County as our local Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC) winner and made a strong impression at the state level. She was named a finalist among students from across Kansas and earned a $1,500 award for her work.

The Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge is organized by Network Kansas in partnership with Edwards County Economic Development and 21 Central Extension.

Great job, Allie! 👏

04/17/2026

Economic Development will be deliverying lunch to the firefights today.

Thank you Tom’s Kountry Kitchen for helping us cook up Hamburgers for all the first responders working hard to save our community.

04/17/2026

04/01/2026

We hear it all the time…
“𝐈’𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬—𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.”

But is it really? 🤔

Let’s break it down on a simple $100 grocery trip:

🛒 Groceries in Kinsley might be a little higher
🧾 Sales tax is actually LOWER here
⛽ Gas for a 72-mile round trip adds up fast

And here’s the big one…

🛍️ 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝟖𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟎–𝟐𝟎% 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐬.

So your “cheaper” trip to Dodge City can easily turn into:

👉 $140–$150 total

Shopping right here at home?

👉 About $114 total

💥 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 $𝟐𝟓-𝟑𝟓 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧.

Plus Shopping local matters…

❤️ Your money stays in our community
🏫 Supports local jobs, schools, and services
👋 Helps keep our town strong

Before you make that drive… ask yourself:
👉“𝐀𝐦 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲?”

03/26/2026

Offerle Community Cookbook Pre-Order

Let me know if you would like to pre-order your cookbook now! Do not miss out.

03/17/2026

I am thrilled to announce that USD 347 Kinsley-Offerle was awarded $13,810.80 in grant funding to complete the Kinsley-Offerle Playground Project! We can not wait to see this project come to life this summer.

We are excited to announce the 2026 Waste Tire Grant Awardees! We look forward to bettering the playgrounds and parks of our Kansas communities. ♻💕