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Page 1 Northeast Kansas Enterprise Facilitation Initiative Volume 6, Issue 3 March 2011 Project Outcomes: (June 2, 2003 to February 28, 2011) Total Clients Assisted: 652 Businesses Started: 49 Businesses Expanded: 17 Jobs Created: 181 Businesses Retained: 9 Jobs Retained: 57 Tune-Ups of Existing Businesses: 62 For more information about Enterprise Facilitation, contact: Facilitator Teresa McAnerney (785) 364-0583 [email protected] or [email protected] Board Chair David Key (785) 336-2184 [email protected] Northeast Kansas Enterprise Facilitation's Website www.nekef.org April 7 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Facilitator Office Hours Glacial Hills Enterprise Center 334 2nd St. Wetmore, KS April 7 6 p.m. Dinner/Board Meeting Benedictine College Atchison, KS April 9 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enterprise Facilitation Booth at the Taste of Atchison Show Benedictine College April 21 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Facilitator Office Hours Glacial Hills Enterprise Center 334 2nd St. Wetmore, KS Don and Connie Werner opened Werner Wagon Works in 1988. They had a dream of sharing history with others and combined with Don’s craftsman talents and Connie’s love of western heritage and sharing stories, it was a natural fit! If you are looking to purchase a wagon, Werner Wagon Works has been building new and restoring horse drawn vehicles for over 22 years. They build buckboards to stagecoaches and anything in between. In visiting Werner Wagon Works you will learn the why’s and how’s of building a horse drawn vehicle. You will also learn the history of our great country and the movement west. Tour the working 1800s blacksmith shop where they could be forging iron for a wagon or bending a steel tire for a (Continued on Page 2) Werner Wagon Works & Guesthouse — Take A Step Back In Time Upcoming Events Enterprise Facilitation Board Member Profile Name: Hallee Edwards Organization: Public Relations and Community Development Coordinator for Rainbow Communications Why Did You Join the Enterprise Facilitation (EF) Resource Board? As the PR/Community Development Coordinator for Rainbow Communications I work a lot with Northeast Kansas economic development organizations and I believe that Enterprise Facilitation is the perfect example of (Continued on Page 2) E NTREPRENEUR S POTLIGHT Werner Wagon Works & Werner Guest House Horton, Kansas (785) 486-3758 www.wernerwagonworks.com [email protected]
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This month's NEK Enterprise Facilitation's Entrepreneur Spotlight Highlights Werner Wagon Works and Guesthouse. Spotlight shines on board member Hallee Edwards!
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Northeast Kansas Enterpr ise Faci l i tat ion Ini t iat ive Volume 6 , Issue 3
March 2011
Project Outcomes: (June 2, 2003 to February 28, 2011)
Total Clients Assisted: 652
Businesses Started: 49
Businesses Expanded: 17
Jobs Created: 181 Businesses
Retained: 9
Jobs Retained: 57 Tune-Ups of
Existing Businesses: 62
For more information about Enterprise Facilitation, contact:
Facilitator Teresa McAnerney (785) 364-0583 [email protected]
Board Chair David Key (785) 336-2184 [email protected]
Northeast Kansas Enterprise Facilitation's Website
www.nekef.org
April 7 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Facilitator Office Hours Glacial Hills Enterprise Center 334 2nd St. Wetmore, KS
April 7 6 p.m. Dinner/Board Meeting Benedictine College Atchison, KS
April 9 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enterprise Facilitation Booth at the Taste of Atchison Show Benedictine College
April 21 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Facilitator Office Hours Glacial Hills Enterprise Center 334 2nd St. Wetmore, KS
Don and Connie Werner opened Werner Wagon Works in 1988. They had a dream of sharing history with others and combined with Don’s craftsman talents and Connie’s love of western heritage and sharing stories, it was a natural fit!
If you are looking to purchase a wagon, Werner Wagon Works has been building new and restoring horse drawn vehicles for over 22 years. They build buckboards to stagecoaches and anything in between.
In visiting Werner Wagon Works you will learn the why’s and how’s of building a horse drawn vehicle. You will also learn the history of our great country and the movement west.
Tour the working 1800s blacksmith shop where they could be forging iron for a wagon or bending a steel tire for a (Continued on Page 2)
Werner Wagon Works & Guesthouse — Take A Step Back In Time
Upcoming Events
Enterprise Facilitation Board Member Profile
Name: Hallee Edwards
Organization: Public Relations and Community Development Coordinator for Rainbow Communications
Why Did You Join the Enterprise Facilitation (EF) Resource Board? As the PR/Community Development Coordinator for Rainbow Communications I work a lot with Northeast Kansas economic development organizations and I believe that Enterprise Facilitation is the perfect example of
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ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT
Werner Wagon Works & Werner Guest House
Horton, Kansas
(785) 486-3758 www.wernerwagonworks.com [email protected]
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Northeast Kansas Enterpr ise Faci l i tat ion Ini t iat ive Volume 6 , Issue 3
March 2011
Enterprise Facilitation Board Member Profile
grassroots economic development. I really enjoy working with the other board members to come up with ideas and suggestions for the clients. It is exciting and fulfilling to see the immediate success of local businesses from month to month. Background: Edwards was raised in Valley Falls, Kansas, where she grew up helping with her family’s construction company. In 2008, she graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism and Mass Communications with an emphasis in Advertising. After graduation, she worked at the corporate office of Collective Brands [Payless Shoes] for a year before moving to Hiawatha and taking her current position with Rainbow Communications. In Edwards’ position at Rainbow Communications, she serves on the
Chamber of Commerce boards for Hiawatha, Horton and Sabetha. She also serves on the Glacial Hills RC&D Rural Business Development Program and the Northeast Kansas Coalition for Rural Economic Development. Northeast Kansas Enterprise Facilitator Teresa McAnerney states that, “Hallee is a pleasure to work with, she always has a smile on her face! She brings a fresh, innovative approach to the table during board meeting brainstorming sessions to help entrepreneurs and existing businesses in the area.”
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wooden wheel. Go through the wheelwright shop where Don could be building or repairing a wagon wheel. In the wainwright shop you will find wagons being built and restored.
As both a wheelwright and wainwright, Don is a rarely found craftsman. Excluding the Amish, it's been estimated that there are only five or six such craftsmen in the U.S. that build all of their products from the ground up.
Werner Wagons have been featured in movies such as "Ride With the Devil" and "In Search of the Oregon Trail." You can see their vehicles in numerous parades, and they have featured in Kansas Country Living, Kansas Heritage, Draft Horse Journal, Farm Show Magazine and the book, Wheels Across America.
In 2010 the Werner’s open the Werner Guest House, which is nestled between Mission Lake at the fore view and Werner Wagon Works, a historically rich wagon shop where, for more than 22 years, Don has been building new and restoring all types of horse-drawn conveyances. If you are interested in the history of wagon building, you are welcome to take a guided tour of the wagon shop.
So if you're looking for a relaxing getaway, wish to go boating, water skiing, fishing, hunting or are here to see family and friends, please give Werner Guest House a visit. For reservation please call Connie the Inn Keeper at (785) 548-5500.
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ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT
Rainbow Communications employees Ciara Roberts (left) and Hallee Edwards (right).
Werner Wagon Works & Guesthouse — Take A Step Back In Time
