BASE Grant

BASE Grant is sponsored by Kansas Department of Commerce. This program provides matching funds for infrastructure investments associated with economic development projects statewide, with the goal of expanding Kansas's base of businesses and residents.

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The Department of Commerce, authorized by the SPARK Executive Committee, is offering matching funds to address economic development opportunities throughout the state. BASE is designed to support infrastructure development to address economic development opportunities statewide with the goal of expanding the state’s base of businesses and residents. Build your community’s economic development BASE!

The BASE 2.

0 grant program includes infrastructure investments associated with economic development projects including the development of new business parks; development of infrastructure required to support business expansions; renovation of existing business parks to bring them up to modern standards; development of infrastructure such as railroad spurs, water, wastewater, storm-water and other utilities; driveway aprons; business park signage; parking facilities directly associated with business attraction projects; speculative industrial office and residential space; development of infrastructure related to cybersecurity investments; and other projects that achieve the goal of expanding the state’s base of businesses and residents.

BASE Grant Program Information a. County or municipal governments b. Economic Development Organizations c.

Recognized Tribes within the borders of Kansas d. Private land developers and commercial property owners e. 501c3-Designated Non-Profit Organizations f.

Local Main Street Programs or Main Street Affiliate g.

Local Chambers of Commerce Infrastructure associated with the development of new business parks Development of infrastructure required to support business expansions Renovation of existing business parks to bring them up to modern standards Development of infrastructure such as railroad spurs, water, wastewater, stormwater and other utilities Parking facilities directly associated with business attraction projects Speculative industrial office and residential space Development of infrastructure related to cybersecurity investments Other projects that achieve the goal of expanding the state’s base of businesses and residents Projects submitted must demonstrate the ability to be successfully implemented and have little viability without grant financing.

Additionally, applicants are required to document how this project was delayed or affected negatively due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting negative economic conditions. There is a minimum 25% match requirement by the applicant or additional program partner. No more than 3 applications shall be submitted by any eligible entity.

Entities that submitted to BASE 1. 0 can choose to use a previous application and make modifications or submit additional new applications. No more than 3 applications will be accepted from any single entity from both rounds combined.

Construction of BASE funded components of project must be completed within 2 years of an executed Award Agreement, or June 30, 2025, whichever date occurs first. All applicants must register with SAM. gov and obtain a UEI number prior to submission.

The awarded project can include funding from any state or federal source, as long as there is no duplication of benefit. Examples of eligible matching funds include: Local ARPA Funds, Economic Development Administration (EDA) Grants, Community Development Block Grant, Community Service Tax Credit Program, USDA Rural Development, State Historic Preservation Office programs, or Network Kansas programs.

Award recipients are required to sign an Award Agreement agreeing to the conditions of the program. Quarterly reporting will be required of all awardees on progress and financial status of the project. Applicants are encouraged to submit any relevant architectural and/or engineering plans for their project, as well as bids and estimates.

Awards will be disbursed in at least two tranches of no more than 50% each. Awardees will be required to submit two approved quarterly reports and spend at least 10% of the full award from the first disbursement before future disbursements are made. Any projects funded by the BASE program are subject to federal procurement standards for any necessary contracts.

Details regarding federal procurement standards can be found at 2 CFR 200. 318 . A business and marketing plan are required for the project.

While there is no minimum award amount, these awards are intended to be impactful (catalytic) capital projects. Maximum awards however shall not exceed $25,000,000. When is the application due?

Application acceptance will close on Monday, February 28, 2022 at 11:59PM. Can I save my application and return to it at a later time? Yes.

The system allows for you to save your progress and return to complete your application. Will individuals be able to apply? Only individuals who are land developers or commercial property owners may apply.

All other eligible applicants are listed in the Eligible Applicants section above. Sole proprietorships will need to provide owner information. Sole proprietors will be permitted to use their Social Security Numbers as their Tax ID Number, but are strongly encouraged to obtain a free Employer Identification Number from the IRS.

Can an eligible entity apply on behalf of a commercial property owner? Yes. However, this type of application will count towards the three eligible applications by one entity.

What type of COVID-related harm do I need to provide? Examples of COVID-related harm can include the inability to proceed with the project due to documented COVID-related revenue loss, financing issues, supply chain issues, and labor shortages. Can I use other ARPA-related funds as the required 25% match?

Yes. Matching funds can include Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Community Service Tax Credit Program funds, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, and funds from a general operating account. If I apply, am I automatically awarded funding?

No. There is a team at the Kansas Department of Commerce that will review the project based on merit, project eligibility, and compliance with the American Rescue Plan Act. What are the funding minimums and maximums? While there is no minimum award amount, these awards are intended to be impactful (catalytic) capital projects.

Maximum awards however shall not exceed $25,000,000. When will funding be awarded? Funding announcements are expected to occur on March 25, 2022.

The first funding allocation of 50% of the award will occur within 30 days of an executed award agreement. The second 50% of the award will occur no earlier than January 2023 following two consecutive quarterly reports with successful progress of the project. When do I have to start and finish my project?

All projects must start within 6 months of a fully executed award document. Construction of BASE funded project components must be completed within 2 years of the award date. How many applications may I submit?

No more than 3 applications may be submitted by one entity. Application acceptance will close on Monday, February 28, 2022 at 11:59PM. How do I register for a DUNS number?

Visit https://www. dnb. com/duns-number/get-a-duns.

html or call 1-866-705-5711. Do I need to register with SAM. gov prior to submitting an application?

Yes. If your SAM. gov registration is not completed before submitting an application, you must finalize the process before the issuance of a final award agreement.

This process can take several weeks so please start the process as soon as possible in order to not delay a potential grant award. Are these grants taxable? The IRS has published information [ irs.

gov ] indicating that “receipt of a government grant by a business is generally not excluded from the business’s gross income under the Federal Tax Code and therefore is taxable. ” Please consult your accountant or tax professional to understand more about your particular tax situation and how this guidance applies.

If my business or organization receives an award, will my business or organization name, address, and award amount be made public? Yes. The federal funding used for these grant awards requires the public disclosure of business names, addresses, and award amounts.

If a business does not want this information to be made public, it should not submit the Grant Application. Are these funds subject to federal flow-down requirements? Most of the provisions of the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200) apply to this program, including the Cost Principles and procurement requirements.

Recipients should refer to the Assistance Listing for detail on the specific provisions of the Uniform Guidance that do not apply to this program. The Assistance Listing will be available on SAM. gov .

What are the audit implications for these awards? Keep in mind that a non-Federal entity that expends $750,000 or more during the non-federal entity’s fiscal year in Federal awards must have a single or program-specific audit conducted for that year in accordance with the provisions of Part 200. What are the reporting expectations for these awards?

The provisions of ARPA require all governments to provide periodic reports to the U.S. Treasury providing a detailed accounting of the use of funds and any other information the Secretary of the Treasury may require. To meet this requirement, Commerce will be requesting regular reporting from each recipient with specific information to be included in the award document. How will grant awards be delivered?

Grant awards will be e-mailed to the email address included in the application. Please make sure the addresses used to apply are accurate to ensure timely receipt of materials. I never received my check.

What should I do? If it has been two weeks since notification of your award and you have not received your payment, please email [email protected] . Please do not contact us regarding lost checks until at least two weeks.

Grant award checks that have not been cashed or deposited after 1 year will be voided. Would the cost of a master plan for a mixed-use housing and retail downtown development qualify? Funding requests for housing must be linked to current or future economic development projects.

Can an individual business owner use these funds for their own private building on commercial property? Requests for funds to be used by a private commercial property owner must be tied to current or future economic development projects. This would require a net increase or anticipated net increase in economic activity occurring at the property (e.g., adding additional tenant(s) or workforce).

Can BASE funds be utilized to purchase property to expand an existing industrial park? If part of an effort to recruit or implement a specific economic development project or tenant of the industrial park, then property purchase would be eligible. Can communities or counties use BASE funds to improve or replace existing public services, such as fire stations or police stations for increased insurance ratings and business attraction?

Stand-alone improvements for community facilities are not permissible under funding for this program. These improvements must be tied to an existing or future economic development project. Can the required match for BASE funding come from the budget of multiple years for a city or county government?

Yes. A commitment letter or resolution should be provided as confirmation of the match requirement. Can BASE funds be used for broadband projects not related to cybersecurity?

Can BASE fund be used for street repairs or improvements? Street repairs and improvements must be tied to existing or future economic development projects. Can a city or county-owned water facility be improved upon using BASE funds?

Only if tied to an existing or future economic development project, or the facility is associated with an existing or proposed business or industrial park. Can BASE funding be used for housing projects? BASE funding can only be used for infrastructure of housing requests, including utility connection, ground leveling, and connecting roadways.

BASE funding cannot be used for the construction of residence units. Can existing costs from a project in progress be allowed as contributing match funds? Yes.

Funds dating back to January 1, 2019 will be considered eligible for the required match. Can existing funds from a project in progress be reimbursed through the BASE program? No. Existing funds can be part of the required match but are not reimbursable.

Can BASE funds be used for community development projects, such as swimming pools, libraries, community buildings, etc.? No. BASE funding is specifically for business development and expansion related projects. SAMPLE BASE Grant Application Do not submit the sample application.

Project Description & Scope 15 points Need for Funding 15 points Documented Matching Funds 15 points Timeline 15 points Bids & Estimates 20 points Architectural/Engineering Reports 15 points Business/Marketing Plan 15 points Letters of Support 10 points Catalytic Impact 30 points W-9 Blank Federal Form-Rev. 10-2018 Sexual Harassment Policy Acknowledgment Form 03. 01.

19 BASE 2. 0 GRANT Program Awardees County Organization Description Amount Barber City of Medicine Lodge Industrial Park Sewer Improvements $57,865 Clay City of Clay Center Clay Center Housing Infrastructure $448,832 Clay Clay County Growth Alliance, Inc. Industrial Manufacturing Infrastructure $143,588 Crawford Sugar Creek Packing Co.

Employee Housing Infrastructure at Frontenac Regional Industrial Park $1,260,000 Elk County Elk County Elk County Industrial Park $227,311 Ellis Gella's Diner & Lb. Brewing Co.

, LLC Gella's Diner Workforce Development Partnership - Culinary Classroom and Community Kitchen $594,705 Grant Birla Carbon USA Inc. Birla Carbon Railroad Spur Project $643,743 Harvey City of Halstead Halstead Industrial Park Speculative Building Project $144,000 Johnson Olathe Chamber of Commerce Downtown Olathe Workforce Housing Development Project $2,000,000 Johnson Midwest Bioscience Research Park Midwest Bioscience Research Park Renovation and Modernization $1,500,000 Kingman Ninnescah LLC 232 Main (Downtown Kingman Commercial/Residential Infill) $750,000 Leavenworth Leavenworth County Lansing Sewer Extension K-7 and McIntyre Road $1,300,000 Leavenworth City of Leavenworth Leavenworth Business and Technology Park Improvements $56,250 Lincoln Lincoln County ED Natural Gas Main Line Upgrade $144,900 Marion Peabody Main Street Association Peabody Historic District Revitalization $1,500,000 Miami City of Osawatomie Water and Sewer Main Extension to Northland Properties $1,500,000 Mitchell Solomon Valley Economic Development, Inc Solomon Valley Office Suites $423,000 Montgomery City of Independence Housing and Water Extension $2,600,000 Nemaha Scoby Bros Scoby Bros Warehouse Space $434,298 Neosho The Green Living Foundation, LLC Southeast Kansas Impact Center Parking /Completion Project $820,373 Norton Norton County Economic Development Board Norton County Economic Development Housing Development $1,080,000 Pawnee City of Larned Larned Downtown Revitalization Project $750,000 Phillips Northwest Kansas Housing, Inc. Phillipsburg Infrastructure for Jansonious Development $1,608,287 Republic Blair Center for the Arts Foundation Blair Center for the Arts: Historic Theatre Renovation-Economic Driver $450,000 Reno Hutch Chamber K96 Corridor Industrial Complex $2,000,000 Riley City of Manhattan "The Garage" Entrepreneur & Innovation Center - Manhattan, Kansas $1,500,000 Scott Scott City Scott City Industrial Park North - Lawrence Addition $750,000 Sedgwick City of Bel Aire Sunflower Commerce Park Sewer Infrastructure $4,716,225 Sedgwick Groover Labs, Inc. Groover Labs CyberLink Infrastructure Expansion $1,150,554 Sedgwick Hutton Corporation Maize Industrial Park $2,000,000 Sedgwick Exploration Place Destination Playscape $3,000,000 Shawnee BioRealty, Inc. Astra Innovation Center $1,200,000 Sherman City of Goodland City of Goodland Industrial Park project $1,356,416 Thomas MFF 2.

0 McCarty Dairy Expansion 2. 0 $2,508,356 Wallace The Motor Inn The Motor Inn Travel Destination $335,700 Woodson Legacy180 Properties Waymire Block $345,600 Wyandotte Flying Truss, LLC Rock Island Bridge and Kansas Waterfront Activation $4,000,000 Wyandotte Black MasterMind Group Gateway Plaza Building $1,400,000 Wyandotte KC The Yards 2 LLC The Helm $800,000 BASE 1.

0 GRANT Program Awardees County Organization Description Amount Allen Allen County Regional Airport Infrastructure Buildout for Industrial Development at Allen County Airport $2,905,095 Atchison Atchison Area Economic Development Corporation (AAEDC) Industrial Road Business Park Sign $13,500 Barton SOFTwarfare, LLC Trusted Cyber Security Identity Cloud for Kansas Manufacturers $3,000,000 Butler City of Andover Northeast Andover Growth Area $4,500,000 Butler City of Andover Founder's Parkway (US 54/400 Backage Road) $4,000,000 Butler City of Augusta Augusta Industrial Parks Utility Moderization & Business Expansion Project $4,000,000 Butler City of El Dorado El Dorado Water Infrastructure and Industrial Development $3,000,000 Doniphan City of Elwood City of Elwood Potable Water and Sanitary Sewer Extension $226,000 Douglas KU Innovation Park KU Innovation Park Phase III, IV, & V Development $5,000,000 Ellis Grow Hays, Inc. Grow Hays Microfactory $2,623,300 Franklin City of Ottawa City of Ottawa Proximity Park & North Corridor Improvements $5,000,000 Graham City of Hill City Water System Improvement/Ed Project $290,178 Harper Harper County Community Foundation HP CO Growth Initiative $3,000,000 Johnson City of Olathe K-10 and Ridgeview Road Entertainment District $4,000,000 Johnson City of Olathe Public Works Southwest Olathe Commerce $2,944,416 Johnson City of Spring Hill Webster Road Extension / Wiswell Farms $2,700,000 Johnson Curtin Property Company Brookridge Redevelopment $10,000,000 Johnson EnterpriseKC Establishing KS as a Cybersecurity Center of Excellence $7,499,773 Johnson Flint Development Flint Commerce Center $6,000,000 Kiowa Mullinville Community Foundation Mullinville Business Incubator $425,398 Labette Great Plains Development Authority/Great Plains Industrial Park Great Plains Industrial Park Rail Improvement Project $779,211 McPherson City of Moundridge Grow Moundridge Project $409,914 Neosho Chanute Regional Development Authority Chanute Business Expansion & Supporting Residential Development Project $500,000 Norton Norton County Community Foundation Heaton Building Infrastructure and Modernization $115,428 Phillips Prairie Land Electric Cooperative, Inc. Prairie Land - Summit Regional Electrical Infrastructure Project $1,130,490 Pottawatomie Radiation Detection Technologies, Inc. RDT Bringing Semiconductor Foundry Production Capabilities to Kansas $2,905,200 Sedgwick City of Wichita Wichita Riverfront Improvements $5,000,000 Shawnee Friends of the Free State Capitol Preservation/Conservation - Free State Capitol and Constitution Hall $3,750,000 Shawnee Friends of the Topeka Zoo, Inc. City of Topeka/Gage Park Development $3,000,000 Shawnee Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority Site Prep for NIAR - Topeka Regional Airport $1,000,000 Stafford Port Authority of Stafford County Port Authority of Stafford County transload facility $2,500,000 Sumner Stomata Development LLC Community 101 - Co-working and Event Center $574,875 Washington Washington County Economic Partnership New Horizons Expansion $207,222 Wyandotte American Royal Association New American Royal Complex $3,000,000 Wyandotte HFS KCK, LLC Homefield Wyandotte County $3,000,000 Incentives & Financing, Taxes, Credits & Exemptions, Site Selection, Doing Business in Kansas Infrastructure assessment, community planning, development support, and downtown activation Find a Job, Job Seeker Services, Employer Services Plan your trip to Kansas.

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