Allen County is in the ribbon cutting business lately, and business is good! Velo +, a bike store with locations in Lenexa, KS and North Kansas City, MO, had its grand opening on April 29, with about 100 people attending in the pouring rain as downtown Iola welcomed...
Have you seen the new Allen County Bike Share bikes on the downtown Iola square? Thrive Allen County, in partnership with Velo+, has purchased 10 bikes for this pilot program. The bikes are located outside of Thrive Allen County and Wavefire Games and are available...
Allen County has been chosen as a finalist for the fifth annual RWJF Culture of Health Prize given by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As a finalist, Allen County is one step closer to the national Prize which honors communities that understand health is a shared...
Re-Imagine Humboldt… Downtown Summit Wednesday, March 1, 2017 5:30 P.M. Please join a community-wide discussion about the future of Downtown Humboldt, on Wednesday, March 1, at 5:30 PM at the Room on the Square. This will be a meeting to discuss the...
Bringing a community back: Thrive moves to renovate Kress 5-10-25 Cent Store In the Christmas classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” George Bailey is gifted in a moment of crisis with the vision of what his life and work meant to the tiny community of Bedford Falls. In...
Toni and Robert Dryden are happily at home after a long summer of eviction notices, codes enforcement, and paperwork. The city of LaHarpe, in a resident-led process facilitated by Damaris Kunkler, Program Director, identified unsafe housing as a pressing threat to...
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.