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Flint Hills Agri-Tourism
| A special area of opportunity in entrepreneurship development identified in the Flint Hills of Kansas, of which we are a part, is that of Agri-Tourism. Based upon the anchor of the Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve , in nearby Chase County, to the west of Emporia, the opportunities to grow agri-tourism businesses and related support organizations is great, at this time. The Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, a 22 county effort of tourism professionals in the Kansas Flint Hills, was formed in mid-2005 as the focal effort to promote tourism to the Kansas Flint Hills. Dr. Smith, ESU CBED, has been an active participate and partner in these efforts. He chairs the Website Task Force and is an active member of the Heritage Task Force of the Coalition. In May 2007, Dr Smith became Chair of the Flint Hills Tourism Coalition. These activities are being chronicles in the CBED website Project and Newsletter areas. Based on a design developed in the ESU School of Business "Entreprenuership through AgriTourism" MBA class, the Flint Hills Tourism Coalition now has a comprehensive website: kansasflinthills.travel The website is maintained by Allen Walker, webmaster. Earlier Background Efforts: To view activities on agritourism in the Flint Hills regions during the year 2004 and early 2005, click here to download a useful pdf file. To download an official map of the Flint Hills, click here for the pdf file. Another view of this set of opportunities we call the Flint Hills Triangle Project: |
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(Scan of a portion of the 2003-2004 Official State Transportation Map Kansas)
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