Posted on the Elk County Forum:
Several months ago patrons of Elk County saw the need for an organization to try to revitalize the economy of the area and try to keep our young people interested in Elk County. The idea was to bring the communities together as one, through better communication without losing their individual identities.
Out of this interest came Elk Konnected and out of Elk Konnected came several action committees, one being the Communication Action Team. The goal of this group is that Elk Konnected communities and organizations will better communicate with each other. The hope is that all events and activities will be better attended, more friendships kindled, and an overwhelming sense of pride will be initiated in Elk County.
Our suggestions are to use more aggressively the tools we now have in place. The Prairie Star published by Taylor News (www.taylornews.org) and the Elk County Forum (www.cascity.com/howard) hosted by Teresa Heilevang.
All area libraries have computer labs and some have wireless capabilities for those who do not have high speed access.
We have also been assured by Southern Kansas Telephone Company that their cell towers will be up and running in a year to 18 month so everyone in Elk Konnected will have acces to high speed internet.
We realize that not everyone has a computer or takes a paper to keep up on the happenings of Elk County so you may have to communicate the old-fashioned way by actually talking to someone. Whatever way to choose is no the important theing, the important thing is to communicate.
