City of Grainfield

Help Us Grow - your donation makes it happen!

Donations are like a corn harvest—each contribution, no matter how small, adds to an abundant yield. Just as every kernel counts in building a bountiful pile, every donation helps our community thrive and grow.

At the Grainfield Community Development Committee (GCDC), we’re dedicated to building a vibrant and thriving future for our town and surrounding areas. From supporting new housing projects to enhancing local businesses, every initiative we take on is aimed at making Grainfield a wonderful place to live, work, and grow.

Your donation, big or small, makes a lasting difference. By supporting GCDC, you’re directly contributing to projects that bring real value to our community, like new housing, local business support, and community events. Together, we can continue building a stronger, brighter future for Grainfield and Northwest Kansas.

Thank you for helping us make an impact—every gift counts!

2024 Vision: Mission-Driven Project Initiatives (2025 update

To assist and encourage community development and involvement

o Develop South Lots

o Senior Center

o Photos in the Advocate and Hoxie paper

o Create Grainfield pamphlet to include in welcome baskets

o Thank you cards

o Grainfield Website

o Build Pickleball Court

o Community Building/TV & Zoom Video

by bringing new families and businesses to the area;

o GCDC Rep for Gove County Economic Development

o Welcome committee

o Recruit businesses (long term project)

o Housing (long term project)

supporting our local school system;

o Lil’ Hawks Extended Preschool/After School Program (financial assistance)

o Lil’ Hawks Village Daycare (financial assistance)

o Sod for the Lil’ Hawks Village Daycare

o Kleenex at the elementary school (financial assistance)

o Life$kills for WHS (financial assistance)

o GCDC Youth

beautifying the town,

o Welcome sign (short term project)

o Beougher Field Improvements (short term project)

o City wide clean up

o Legion Plants

o New Trash Cans

o Update Christmas Decorations

o Repainting the city park basketball courts

encouraging local spending and

o Ribbon cutting and cups

o WHS Students visit businesses

o Grainfield Bucks

assisting with community activities.

o Blood Drive

o Brewfest

o Cruise, Shoes & BBQ’s

o Opera House Events

Making a Difference: Our Impact in the Community

In the past 16 years our organization has

· Financially donated to USD 292 for: plasma cutter, AR Awards, Leadership Program, score board, engraving machine, Kidwind, FCCLA, FFA, Gym Floor (See before/after photo), GaGa Pit for WES (See before/after photo), Welcome to the Real World program, DTP, Booster Club, Life $kills, school play, sports teams, 5th quarter, state music, art trip, Nex-Gen Life$kills Program, Dear Evan Hansen performance;

· created an after-school/extended pre-school program at our elementary school;

· purchased a new American Flag for Wheatland High School gymnasium which was flown over the U.S. Capital in Washington D.C. in honor of our school;

· helped build and applied for a grant to pay for new stadium bleachers at the high school (see before/after photos);

· provided a facelift for the post office (see before/after photos);

· built & maintain planters in front of the American Legion with flowers (see before/after photos), fall decorations & a Christmas nativity scene;

· built a fenced-in sand volleyball court in the city park (see before/after photos);

· sanded and painted the city park pavilions;

· re-rocked the city park play area (see before/after photos);

· donated to the library, American Legion, fire department, Gove County Medical Center swing into Health, Gove County Community Foundation Match Month, Castle Rock Wellness Center Waldo Race, Kansas Honor Flight & Opera House;

· established a take-a -book, leave-a-book program at various businesses around town;

· refurbished our Main Street Christmas decorations;

· published a monthly e-newsletter, Life in the 67737, during Covid;

· lobbied and succeeded in the relocation of the Golden Prairie District K-State Research and Extension to Grainfield (see before/after photos);

· acquired land for development of housing (see before/after photos);

· completed the Neighborhood Revitalization Program and Housing Assessment Tool for our City;

· along with community donations purchased and cleaned up lots on main street for potential business development (see before/after photos);

· purchased a playing piano and donated it to the Long Term Care in nearby community;

· built a community building to house a fitness center, scout den and GCDC meeting room (see before/after photos);

· purchased and renovated a building into a health/business complex (currently Bluestem, Blank Canvas & Western Roots) (see before/after photos);

· Purchased AV/IT (Zoom) equipment for the meeting room (see before/after photos);

· painted pickleball court in the city park (see before/after photos);

· created the Lil’ Hawks Village Daycare with title of the house donated to USD 292 (see before/after photos);

· helped financially pay for new concessions stand for Beougher Field and traveling picnic tables (see before/after photos);

· bought new fitness center equipment for Castle Rock Wellness Center Grainfield site (see before/after photos);

· donated to the Grinnell VFW to pay for one veteran to participate in the Kansas Honor Flight;

· purchased new trash cans for Main Street (see before/after photos);

· Organized, furnished and rent space at the American Legion for a Senior Center;

· created GCDC Youth Program;

· Partnered with City to create Fall Community Clean-Up Day;

· built a website for Grainfield;

· designed and built a new Welcome City.

Annually GCDC

· provides welcome baskets to new community members and businesses;

· organizes the local blood drives;

· financially supports the Extended Preschool/After School Program & Lil’ Hawks Village Daycare;

· pays for Kleenex for elementary school students and local daycares;

· hosts Cruise, Shoes & BBQs events & Hops at the House Brewfest;

· pays for Grainfield Main Street Christmas window painting.

Making a Difference: Our Impact in the Community - Before & After Project Photos

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2011 - American Legion Raised Flower Beds

Funded & volunteer hours building flower beds

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2011 - American Legion Raised Flower Beds

Funded & volunteer hours building the flower pots

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2011 - Enclosed Sand Volleyball Court.

Funded & volunteer hours building the court

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2011 - Enclosed Sand Volleyball Court

Funded & volunteer hours building the court

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2012 - Post Office Facelift

Funded & volunteer hours renovating the building

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2012 - Post Office Facelift

Funded & volunteer hours renovating the building

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2013/2014 - Purchased & Cleaned up Lots for Development

Funded

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2013/2014 - Purchased & Cleaned up Lots for Development

Funded

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2015 - Lobbied for K-State Research and Extension Golden Prairie District to Relocate to Grainfield

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2015 - Lobbied for K-State Research and Extension Golden Prairie District to Relocate to Grainfield

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2015 - City Park Playground Rock

Funded & volunteer hours removing old mulch and putting in new rock

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2015 - City Park Playground Rock

Funded & volunteer hours removing old mulch and putting in new rock

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2015 - Refurbished Christmas Decorations

Funded & Volunteer hours refurbishing

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2015 - Refurbished Christmas Decorations

Funded & volunteer hours refurbishing

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2015 - Refurbished Christmas Decorations

Funded & Volunteer hours refurbishing

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2015 - Refurbished Christmas Decorations

Funded & volunteer hours refurbishing

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2015/2016 Purchased Lots for Housing Development

Funded

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2015/2016 - Purchased Empty Lots for Housing Development

Funded

2015/2016 - Welcome to Grainfield Sign

Funded

2015/2016 - Welcome to Grainfield Sign

Funded

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2016/2017 - Community Building with Fitness Center & Meeting Room

Funded & volunteer hours finishing interior

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2016/2017 - Community Building with Fitness Center & Meeting Room

Funded & volunteer hours finishing interior

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2016/2017 - Community Building with Fitness Center & Meeting Room

Funded & volunteer hours finishing interior

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2016/2017 - Community Building with Fitness Center & Meeting Room

Funded & volunteer hours finishing interior

Before Photo