KAN STEP: Miltonvale Emergency Services Building
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KAN STEP Grant to fund new Emergency Services Building in Miltonvale
The Kansas Department of Commerce recently announced funding in the amount of $293,440 to help the residents in and around the City of Miltonvale to construct a new Emergency Services Building. Local volunteers will contribute $385,884; the total retail cost is estimated at $681,324.
Miltonvale is located in southeastern Cloud County, west of Clay Center. The population of the city is approximately 550 people.
The new emergency services building will measure 64 feet wide and 100 feet long. The facility will include a training room with a kitchenette, restrooms, an office, two ambulance bays, and a six-bay fire department.
Salih Doughramaji, Program Manager with Kansas Commerce, conducted a “post award meeting” on Thursday, August 14, 2008.
Project representatives at Miltonvale are Jim DeMars and Daren Sanders. The project architect is Dan Hall, BG Consultants, Manhattan. Kansas Rural Water Association will provide inspection services and technical assistance. North Central Kansas Planning, Beloit, will provide Grant Administration.
KAN STEP is a self-help program that is funded by the Kansas Department of
Commerce through the federally funded Community Development Block Grant Program
(CDBG). Under KAN STEP, local people volunteer labor and services or "sweat
equity," while the KAN STEP Grant provides funding for materials and technical
services. KAN STEP is an acronym for Kansas Small Towns Environment Program.
