Friday, December 6th, 2019 marks the ninth anniversary of the Spirit of Downtown Iola Annual Christmas Block Party, which runs from 4:00PM to 7:30PM (https://www.facebook.com/events/2466964940215605/). The celebration will coincide with restaurant specials across the...
Quote of the Evening: “One person pullin’ on the rope don’t really do much …” “You hear a lot these days about the death of small towns,” one resident of Savonburg sighed during Thrive Allen County’s recent visit to the community, an observation that contained more...
Please join Thrive Allen County and members of our community as we gather for Thrive’s 2019 Annual Meeting and Award Presentations, Friday, November 22nd at St. John’s Parish Hall, 310 South Jefferson Street, Iola, Kansas. Come early for conversation at the Social,...
Thrive Allen County presents awards each year in November to organizations and individuals doing exceptional work in our community. We do this because good work deserves to be recognized, and because it’s important to celebrate success! Four awards are given for...
The 2019 County Health Rankings have been released, and Allen County moved up from #84 to #38, a dramatic leap of 46 places! Since Thrive’s inception, we have been working relentlessly to improve our community’s health, and we’ve made significant...
Thrive’s mission is to support and encourage programs, policies and resources that promote access to healthcare, healthy lifestyles, and positive community conversation that improves the well-being of residents of Allen County, Kansas.