Kids are making a difference and we want them to know someone has noticed and appreciates their positive actions!  The McPherson Chamber of Commerce established the OMEGA Award to recognize McPherson County 8th graders for their leadership qualities and service to their community.  Your help is needed to see that a deserving 8th grade student [...]

Go McPherson, Inc and McPherson Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, who will be responsible for the marketing and recruiting of potential employees and residents for McPherson and the surrounding area of McPherson County, Kansas. Specific job responsibilities will include: the initiation and handling of personal contacts, inquiries, [...]

Since 2000, the McPherson Chamber of Commerce’s Agriculture Committee has invested  $40,000 in the education of 16 McPherson County students who have chosen to pursue agriculture related areas of study.  The $2,500 scholarship that is awarded each year is then matched from the Agriculture Future of America Scholarship Foundation. The majority of the funding is [...]

The Business And Membership Committee of the McPherson Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the upcoming Legislative Coffees sponsored by AT & T.  Legislators Senator Jay Emler and Representatives Clark Shultz and Don Schroeder will be present.  The first is scheduled early in the session on Saturday, January 28 at 9:00 a.m. and the [...]

The McPherson Chamber of Commerce Farm Forum breakfast “EPA & Agriculture Working Together .  .Everybody Wins!”  was held Thursday, January 19.  The Farm Forum is organized by the Agriculture Committee and Farm Forum Committee Chair, Dale Ladd, K-State Research & Extension-McPherson County.  This years speaker, Karl Brooks, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 Administrator embraced the theme of the [...]

The Kansas Small Business Development Center will have an Outreach Center Consultant here  (1/23/2012 and 2/2/27/2012)  at the McPherson Chamber of Commerce, 306 N. Main. The KSBDC offers individualized, confidential, and comprehensive business consulting at no charge to its clients.   Any existing small business or individual interested in starting a business is encouraged to make [...]