The tide is shifting in Kansas. A recent statewide public opinion poll shows that Kansas voters overwhelmingly support the proposed expansion of the state’s Medicaid program, KanCare . The Poll finds support for expansion among Republicans, Independents and Democrats....
Each month, a “See, Hear Iola” presentation takes place at the Riverfront Park Community Building, in which community leaders inform the public about what’s going on in the city. For April, Thrive Allen County Executive Director David Toland spoke...
The Lehigh Portland Trail system has been in the news recently, featured in both the Iola Register newspaper and on KOAM television. Last weekend, volunteers with the Upward Bound program of Neosho County Community College converged on the Lehigh Portland Trails to...
Today’s release of the 2015 County Health Rankings by University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation showed Allen County with an Overall Health Outcome Ranking of 87 out of 101 Kansas Counties reporting. This is a higher rank than our 79th place 2014...
Gates Corporation, which has been a mainstay of Allen County industry for 40 years, has announced a major expansion of their Iola facility. Thrive congratulates and thanks the Gates Rubber Company and The Blackstone Group for its decision to make a massive investment...
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.