Funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 for community-wide assessment and development of reuse plans for Junction City, Manhattan and Ogden plus other sites within the Flint Hills.

Jerry Lonegran, Flint Hills Regional Council Executive Director, said the money will be used to conduct follow up research on Brownfields, environmentally dangerous territory and determine ways to help the communities develop the land and make it economically useful.

Priority assessment sites will include the historic downtown in Junction City along the Republican River, east and central core districts in Manhattan and the Riley Avenue Revitalization area in Ogden.

Lonegran said in Junction City that there are two parts of the funding. Efforts will continue to address Phase One from the Grant and Washington Street area down to about 6th Street with Phase Two determining the action necessary to develop the sites.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The second part of the money will cover multiple communities who will determine the projects that they want to undertake.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/6/1654730941662.jpeg" alt="EPA check presentation at the Geary County Office Building. ( Photo courtesy of Geary County and Chamber of Commerce )" />
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 </figure>By Dewey TerrillJC PostFunds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 for community-wide assessment and development of reuse plans for Junction City, Manhattan and Ogden plus other sites within the Flint Hills.Jerry Lonegran, Flint Hills Regional Council Executive Director, said the money will be used to conduct follow up research on Brownfields, environmentally dangerous territory and determine ways to help the communities develop the land and make it economically useful.Priority assessment sites will include the historic downtown in Junction City along the Republican River, east and central core districts in Manhattan and the Riley Avenue Revitalization area in Ogden.Lonegran said in Junction City that there are two parts of the funding. Efforts will continue to address Phase One from the Grant and Washington Street area down to about 6th Street with Phase Two determining the action necessary to develop the sites.&nbsp;&nbsp;The second part of the money will cover multiple communities who will determine the projects that they want to undertake.

EPA Region 7 presents check to Flint Hills Regional Council