Fort Hays Tech Northwest Awarded Grant

Sherman County Community Foundation Funds Kansas-Themed Mural at The Price Convention Center with $6,500 Grant

Good­land, KS – The Sher­man Coun­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Foundation(SCCF) is excit­ed to announce a $6,500 grant to bring a brand-new, Kansas-inspired mur­al to life on the south side of Fort Hays Tech Northwest’s Price Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. This mur­al will cel­e­brate Kansas’s unique beau­ty and local her­itage, giv­ing a fresh splash of art to a recent­ly ren­o­vat­ed com­mu­ni­ty gath­er­ing spot. 

The mur­al project has become a true com­mu­ni­ty col­lab­o­ra­tion, with Goodland’s High Plains Muse­um step­ping in to share his­tor­i­cal pho­tos from its archives. These images, donat­ed by local fam­i­lies over the years, cap­ture some incred­i­ble moments from Sher­man County’s past, con­nect­ing the mur­al with gen­er­a­tions of com­mu­ni­ty mem­o­ries. As a bonus, stu­dents in the Com­put­er Graph­ic Tech­nol­o­gy pro­gram will bring their skills to the project, gain­ing hands-on expe­ri­ence in cre­at­ing a last­ing piece of pub­lic art.

The Price Con­ven­tion Cen­ter, recent­ly revamped by Fort Hays Tech North­west, is now a go-to place for local events, region­al indus­try part­ners, and com­mu­ni­ty gath­er­ings. This mur­al is part of a big­ger plan to make cam­pus spaces even more wel­com­ing and engag­ing for stu­dents, locals, and vis­i­tors. Kansas’s rich his­to­ry and wildlife will be rep­re­sent­ed in the mur­al – a reminder of all that makes this area spe­cial and worth cel­e­brat­ing.

“We’re so thrilled to sup­port a project that brings peo­ple togeth­er and adds even more per­son­al­i­ty to our cam­pus and town,” said Gia Bracht­en­bach, Design & Dig­i­tal Media Instruc­tor. “This mur­al will be some­thing our stu­dents, com­mu­ni­ty, and vis­i­tors can enjoy and feel proud of.”

The Sher­man Coun­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion is proud to sup­port projects that bright­en and strength­en our com­mu­ni­ty. For more details about SCCF and its com­mu­ni­ty work, please reach out to Tina Wolak, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor at 785–728-7800.

Pho­to L to R: Ben Schears, Brei Carmichael, Gia Bracht­en­bach, Brax­ton Hen­der­son, Tina Wolak, Brynn Blanc, Dale Schields