So we (Kent and I) will be taking a trip to Lincoln this weekend (2/22-25/09) to meet with some Senators, State Historic Preservation Office and two lawyers for the Wheat Growers Hotel.  We are very excited about this trip and are hoping that great things are instore for this Hotel in the very near future!!

We’ll keep you posted!!

Sue and Kent

This is getting exciting now!! KSID Radio in Sidney, Nebraska (about 40 miles east of Kimball) called and asked about the Wheat Growers Hotel project being mentioned for the Economic Stimulus package . . . (here is from their website) . . .

S A Panhandle historic restoration project could be on the receiving end of economic stimulus dollars.  More than $800,000 for 650 jobs in Nebraska is part of the Economic Stimulus package being debated in Washington according to Heritage Nebraska Executive Director J.L. Schmidt.
     Schmidt says, “The money is proposed for State Historical Preservation Offices to use as pass-through grants for bricks and mortar projects to create jobs and spur investment.”
     Nebraska’s $800,000 share is part of $50 million in the stimulus package for the Historic Preservation Fund.
     If the stimulus is approved, the Wheatgrowers Hotel in Kimball is among the “ready-to-go” projects that Nebraska’s State Historical Preservation Office will apply to receive funds for.  According to the project’s website, the hotel was built in 1918 and billed as the “most glamorous hotel between Omaha and Denver.” 

We’ll keep you posted!

Sue

So, we received a response about the Hotel being a “shovel ready project” from Nebraska’s Governor Dave Heineman!

One never knows what door might open this year, but I’m determine to do the most that I can!!

Carpe Diem and keep watching…..!!

Sue Worker