Canadian company uses technology developed at Kansas State University to create jobs in Manhattan

Stuart Jara, chief executive officer of HydroGraph, said the location was a strategic choice. 

“The close proximity of our manufacturing facility to our research partners at Kansas State University will help us maintain our com...

Leader's Retreat Set This Week

Hopefully you have all signed up for this year's session, which once again takes place at the Manhattan Conference Center. The event begins Thursday morning and concludes Friday afternoon. You can find the schedule here:

This year will have four a...

National Tourism Week Activities Set

Our most recent born and bred talent is Bridget Everett, talented singer, comedian and actor, star of HBO series Somebody, Somewhere which is now in its second season, and continues to bring attention to Manhattan. The Convention and Visitors Bureau has o...

Scorpion Biologic Services

This project is the kind that has the potential to change the economic landscape for years to come. If you didn't get to see the presentation, you can view it here.

Now our team will be getting to work to make sure all of the I's are dott...

Linda Cook receives Lyle Butler Distinguished Leadership Award as Leadership Manhattan alum

Linda Cook has been named as the recipient of the 2022 Lyle Butler Distinguished Leadership Award at the organization’s 2022 graduation ceremonies April 19. Cook recently retired from Kansas State University where she served as the chief of staf...

KS Gov. Laura Kelly Announces Partnership to Build Large Biomanufacturing Facility Near Manhattan

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and a panel of federal, state, local and Kansas State University officials today announced a planned development partnership with Scorpion Biological Services Inc. to support the construction of a new biodefense-focused biomanufact...

Legislative Coffee Set Saturday

Our local delegation will give their thoughts on what has transpired so far when we hold a Legislative Coffee on Saturday. The event is scheduled at 7:30 a.m. Please note that this year's event will be held at 1880 Kimball, at the Kansas State Of...

Child Care Appreciation Event Set May 1

Child care has became an important topic for communities around the country. In fact, it was a priority identified by attendees at our last Regional Leader's Retreat. The Chamber organized a child care taskforce that has been working to develop c...

Visit Manhattan is hitting the road

This Thursday, March 31, Visit Manhattan, along with hospitality partners, will be hosting the Oh Manhattan Road Show at the KSU Olathe Campus. Meeting planners were invited to attend this come and go event from 3 to 6 p.m. and engage with Manhattan partn...

Chamber Releases Local Policy Agenda

An organization like the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is pulled in a number of directions from people throughout the community looking for support for a variety of initiatives. We obviously have been a strong community organization over the years th...

Chamber Partnering on Job Fair

We developed our Made for Manhattan brand and collaterals to help our local human resource professionals promote the community. We also send representatives to career fairs over a multi-state area where we promote local job opportunities to indiv...

Chamber Preparing Statement on Local Issues

In order to highlight the key areas by which the organization judges current issues, we released a Core Principles document in 2019. This document outlines our position on key issues that face local, state and federal governing bodies. However, the items ...

Chamber releases 2021 Annual Report

Each year at our annual banquet, we take the opportunity to showcase the results of the previous year through our annual report on activities. As you know, we just completed the 2022 annual meeting in which we ceremonially recognized the passing of 2021 t...

Trio Wins Chamber Awards

The 97th Annual Meeting of the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce was an incredible event for the 400+ in attendance. In addition to hearing from our outgoing Chair Mark Bachamp and our incoming Chair Summer Ott Dierks, the evening was highlighted with ou...

Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce names Tara Grubb as Young Professional of the Year

Grubb is the second recipient of the Young Professional of the Year award.

Tara Grubb has been engaged in the community since moving to Manhattan in 2011. She immediately got involved in the Chamber’s Young Professional program volunteering as a ...

Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce names Wayne Sloan as Lud Fiser Citizen of the Year

The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award is named in honor of long-tenured former Manhattan Chamber president Lud Fiser, who served from 1948 to 1975 and was responsible for such community developments as CiCo Park and Manhattan In...

Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce names Tracy Anderson as C. Clyde Jones Volunteer of the Year at a

The Chamber’s volunteer of the year award honors C. Clyde Jones, a 60-year Manhattan resident who served as first dean of Kansas State University’s College of Business. Jones has a long-running record of community service activity in M...

Group Looks at New "Senior" Programming

The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce has been working with our young professionals over the past couple of years on an expanded and rebranded program. The launch of Hype in 2020 brought a lot of enthusiasm and the group is now starting to hit its stride...

Business After Hours Focuses on Small Business, Entrepreneurship

Our numbers continue to tell that story, even with the influx of new members in the last part of 2021. Of the 855 members in the organization, nearly 50 percent have 1 to 5 employees or are individual members. Nearly 75 percent of members have le...

Kansas SBDC welcome new Advisor to Manhattan

As a Business Advisor for the Kansas Small Business Development Center’s Manhattan District, Nadia Arbelo is located at the (SBDC) office in the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. Over the past four years Nadia worked in a similar role with Western ...

Annual Meeting and Banquet Around the Corner

Tickets are on sale for the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce 97th Annual Meeting and Banquet presented by The Trust Company. The event will be Feb. 18 starting at 5:45 p.m. at the Manhattan Conference Center. 

Decision makers from both the priva...

Growth Imperative to Manhattan

As we have continued to host new member orientations for our more than 150 new members since October, we have spent a great deal of time talking about community and regional growth. And why wouldn't we? It is central to our strategy of creating e...

Chamber Leadership Positions Chosen for 2022

As we get back into the swing of things in the new year, it is a time to recognize our new volunteer leadership.  The most prominent is the change of board chairs. Mark Bachamp (Olsson) ended his time as chair on December 31. Mark has a ...

Chamber Ties Membership Record in 2021

I am proud to say we ended the year with a record number of members. We had our 855th member join in December, putting us in a tie for the highest membership level in the organization's history. 

I can not begin to express the amount of a...

DoD Approves $60 Million in Grants under Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program

These awards followed a competitive selection process culminating in the Performing Duties of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment’s selection of these proposals on August 13, 2021. These infrastructure projects benefit loc...

Hype Rolls out New Membership Structure

The organization is beginning its second full year of operations after relaunching in 2021 from our early young professional programming. Starting today, Hype will be offering memberships for anyone interested in being part of the organization. The $50 me...

Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce announces the winners of the 2021 Business Awards

Manko Windows was named the 2021 Cornerstone award winner. Other winners were Weddle & Sons, Wildwood Adventure Park, Loving Arms Daycare, and Borck Brothers. Additionally, Bockers II and Wal-Mart were recognized as new Legacy Circle members which are...

Manhattan Pursuing Private Developers for Speculative Industrial Building

The Manhattan City Commission approved moving forward on a new program to encourage private sector speculative building for new industrial and warehousing space. The program is the ultimate example of public-private partnerships that have made Manhattan a...