KAN STEP: Westmoreland Fire Station
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Westmoreland receives KAN STEP award for fire station
The City of Westmoreland has been awarded a $399,850 KAN
STEP grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce to construct a new fire
station. Westmoreland is located in Pottawatomie County in northeast Kansas.
The KAN STEP grant will pay for a new 6,600 square foot facility. The project
has an estimated retail cost of $675,937. This includes volunteer labor valued
at $276,087 and the KAN STEP grant of $399,850.
The overall dimensions of the Westmoreland Fire Station project are 60 feet x
110 feet. The building includes 6 bay doors with one being a pull-through bay.
The truck bay area also has a trough drain, lockers and storage above the
additional rooms. The fire station also has additional rooms including a
training center with an open kitchen, restrooms, storage room, office and a
library nook.
Dan Hall with BG Consultants, Manhattan, is the architect. Grant administration
will be provided by Donna Crawford of Governmental Assistance Services,
Lawrence. The volunteer "sparkplug" for the project is Leah Smith. Kansas Rural
Water Association will provide inspection services and technical assistance to
the volunteers.
KAN STEP is a self-help program that enables small communities to make major
infrastructure improvements. Local people volunteer labor and services or "sweat
equity," while the Kansas Department of Commerce provides funding for materials
and technical services. An acronym for Kansas Small Towns Environment Program,
KAN STEP gives small Kansas communities an opportunity to do projects they
couldn't otherwise afford. The funding is provided through the federal Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
