The City of Atchison is pleased to welcome Los Angeles, California based, environmentally friendly electric transportation company, Bird Rides, to the Atchison market. Bird intends to bring their shared e-scooters to the city in the coming days. The scooters are available through a mobile phone application and riders pay to use the scooter per minute, at no cost to the...
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December 10, 2021
The City of Atchison’s E-Community Program is pleased to announce a new loan to the Subiaco Wine Bar. The startup business, which is owned by Shannon Pennington, is to be located at 515 Commercial Street in downtown Atchison. The company plans to bring wines from across the vineyard landscape of Kansas to Atchison, offered as tastings, by the glass, or...
October 13, 2021
The City of Atchison’s E-Community Program is pleased to announce a new loan to H and H Elite Properties, LLC / Revive Salon and Spa, LLC. The startup company has acquired the old downtown Atchison Animal Clinic location at 908 Commercial with plans to remodel the space into a salon and spa business. The $45,000 in E-Community Loan proceeds will...
September 2, 2021
The City of Atchison’s E-Community Program is pleased to announce a new loan to Luminaries Salon & Gallery, LLC. The startup business, which is owned by Nicole and Stephen Durkin, is located at 119 North 5th Street in downtown Atchison in between the Sunflower and Jerry's Again. Luminaries Salon & Gallery, LLC will feature several stylists with a combined total...
August 23, 2021
In just over four years of operation the Atchison E-Community Program has now closed 27 loans totaling just over $1,250,000 for local small businesses. Since January of 2017, the Atchison E-Community Program has been offering gap financing loans for small business startups, expansions, and acquisitions. Everyday businesses like laundromats, coffee shops, contractors and hair salons can use this locally controlled,...
August 9, 2021
The City of Atchison’s E-Community Program is pleased to announce a new loan to Pennington Enterprises, LLC. The company has acquired and plans to improve the property located at 515 Commercial Street, which until very recently was occupied by Favorite Things. Pennington Enterprises plans a special event and entertainment space on the second level of the building and is working...
August 3, 2021
The City of Atchison’s E-Community Program is pleased to announce a new loan to Presley Pierce Interiors, LLC. The startup retail and interior design company plans to remodel the space located at 101 S. 5th Street (storefront facing the 500 block of Commercial). The $45,000 in E-Community Loan proceeds will be used to acquire inventory for the new company and...
July 22, 2021
The City of Atchison, in partnership with Blackstone Properties (526 Commercial), is pleased to announce a $250,000 grant award through the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program in the Commercial Rehabilitation (CR) Category. 526 Commercial includes three currently vacant storefronts facing the newly re-opened Commercial Street as well as a 5,400 square foot second floor that has been vacant...
June 3, 2021
The site plan for a new Frontier Community Credit Union location in the City of Atchison was unanimously approved by the Planning Commission earlier this week. The project is planned for 1327 Highland Avenue, which is located on the northeast corner of U.S. 73 and Green Street. The property is appropriately zoned for office use. With site plan...
March 16, 2021
The City of Atchison’s E-Community Program is pleased to announce a new loan to 1400 Properties, LLC. The $60,000 in E-Community Loan proceeds will be used to undertake a renovation project of the Hundley Insurance building located on the northwest corner of 14th and Main. The E-Community funds are being utilized to complete extensive updates to the exterior of the...