Reimagine rural CAMPAIGN
Join Us In Offering Rural Communities An Opportunity of A Lifetime.
"We must find fresh ways to capture and value the direct and rippling economic social, and health benefits rural communities experience." ~Suzanne Anarde
The Reimagine Rural Campaign offers a beautiful space in the Flint Hills of Kansas where experiential and responsive services shape lives. If you believe in the development of essential community facilities in rural areas, better access to digital technology, supportive educational programs, improving access to care, rural-urban interdependence, public services and facilities, cultural amenities, uses of outdoor spaces and quality of life are important, then enhancing and expanding our facilities through The Reimagine Rural campaign deserves your support.
The FSL Rural Vitality Center will support programs and offer vital services to communities that will address systematic problems that we are facing in rural communities.
The FSL brings you The Reimagine Rural Campaign to provide funds for a three phase facilities project that supports a feasibility study. The Capital Campaign will launch July 2022 and will be a three year phase project, with an exciting 3-6 month public phase. The raise will consist of public funding, private funding, donor funding, mergers & acquisitions, crowdfunding and more.
INVEST IN RURAL!
Investing in rural areas is a long-term solution to so many of the problems we face today
"The current economic crisis in the United States requires a renewed commitment to investing in rural communities in order to ensure that they have a prominent place in this countries future. The onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic crisis further exposed the vulnerability of rural communities. We cannot continue to drain rural areas of their resources and wealth as it continues to make the overall economy less resilient." ~Olugbenga Ajilore
Investing in rural people is a long term solution to many problems we face today; lack of mental health services, education equity, poverty, unemployment and more. Each of these things can be improved by rural development to assist in strengthening rural economies with attractive prospects for young people so that they can stay in Kansas. The FSL has created a rural-urban linkage that works. The interaction between rural and urban areas are important for social and economic development.
The FSL provides opportunities though our infrastructure and services that creates employment, offers mental health services and shares resources that build and sustain strong rural-urban linkage.
Future Service Leaders Foundation will set the stage for raising the profile in rural investment as we create an abundance of opportunity to assist in change and growth of our members.
THE FUTURE Vitality Center
Reimagine Rural
For more than a year, our FSL foundation has prepared for The Reimagine Rural campaign. A feasibility study indicated a phased approach, along with a clear vision would make The Reimagine Rural campaign most successful. Following feasibility, the highly experienced architectural firms of Anderson Knight Architects. were selected to design a state of the art Rural Vitality Center. This Center will host Innovative experiences provided by The ECenter of Kansas a for profit subsiderary.
- The FSL- (phase one) is looking to acquire 350 acres of land for the construction of facilities. The site location has not been determined at this time but we are looking into three specific areas of focus for the future home of our facilities. Our facility is a rural vitality center that must support small rural communities with populations of less than 5000. Below are three possible future locations:
- Location One: located off the I-35 turnpike (North Lyon County.)
- Location Two: located in Wabunsee County
The property will include a hillside amphitheater, hiking trails surrounded by nature, parking for 200+ vehicles outdoor spaces (entry gardens, bridges, ponds, terraces and beautiful landscape). The design concept provides panoramic views of the hills to the north, south, east and west and the trails and spaces are full of nature. Spaces abound for art and horticulture displays, ropes course, rock walls, treehouse education areas and other adventurous spaces. Several classroom areas provide learning opportunities and a state of the art distance learning center available for community use.
Our Capital Campaign Phase Plan- $12M
There are three phases in any capital campaign. The planning phase, the quiet phase and the public phase. At this time we are in the planning phase where we are working on the preparation, development, research, evaluation, land surveys, architectural renderings and more. We have conducted the feasibility study and are looking at our digital strategy. We are working hard to be moving to the quiet phase by September 2022. During the quiet phase we will be focusing on donor relations, fundraising events, building corporate partnerships, challenge grants, matching gifts and more. The final phase will be the public 3-6 month phase where we will kick off our capital campaign to the public and complete phase one of our process.
Fundraising strategies?
- USDA Grant-loan program- 30% of funding
- Capital Campaign
- State Programs
- Grant Opportunites
- Major Gifts
- Corporate Sponsorships
- Crowdfunding Campaigns
- Events
- Spark Task Force Grant Application
Where are we now?
- Lead Gift- $1,500,000 ~ Domenari Capital
- Application USDA Grant/Loan $56M
- City Contributions-$8,000
- Capital Raise (going public March 2023
Rural Vitality Center (phase one) $56M Instructional Spaces for Experiences
- Offices and Hub Offices for rural collaboration efforts
- Experiential Learning Center- STEM, Simulation, Gamification, Scenario Based Learning, Interactive Experiences. (youth of all ages discovering passions)
- Conference Center (seats 300- that can be separated into workshop spaces and used by local schools, business's and community events.
- Distance learning center- ( AI Capabilities- Green Screen- Distance learning Opportunities for rural schools to connect to experiences through connectivity
- A Culinary Kitchen- (Events-experiences with church groups, 4-H groups- partnership opportunities with local tech colleges)
- CTE Hub center- (CTE Experience Labs-) Innovative spaces for expert CTE Instructors to offer the CTE Experiences and classrooms to offer workshops/courses.
- The EFarm- Animal Sanctuary Barn(animal hub spaces for experiences) Veterinarian Hub Space, Indoor Arena (animal therapy spaces) rural adventure space (for youth to play, dig up worms to fish, build, create) community gardens, silo rock wall a one of a kind created by Koch Construction with lookout ) nature trails, fishing docks.
- The Pasture Amphitheatre (small community outdoor theatre in the hills. Great opportunity for churches, schools, community members.)
- Retreat Center- A unique retreat space for year-round retreats and other events (will sleep 32)
Nature Therapeutic Spaces & Retreat Center- (phase two) $15M raise
- Lodge Retreat Build
- Wilderness Center
- Indoor arena/animal therapy center, ecotherapy, health & wellness hub-offices
- Animal Sanctuary
- Experiential Play Center
- Agricultural Play Center
- Two Greenhouses for horticulture, community gardens
- Outdoor Pavilions, fire pit/ outdoor fun center w/food court
- Plots for community gardens
Additional Spaces- (phase three) $8M
- Yoga/Meditation Landings
- Waterfalls and Nature ponds
- Massage and self care pods
- Mindfulness Treehouse for youth
- Nature landings
- Dog Park
- Additional Trails and Pathways
Domenari Capital differs from the ordinary private equity group as they span the globe in multiple industries. Domenari specialized in financial services in Overland Park Kansas where they became a part of many successes. They are a source for international investments, mergers, acquisitions, finance and private equity funding. In 2018 they finalized over $100M In project funding and in 2019 they sold IG Malmyzh Copper for $200M. At this time they are working on a project in Puerto Rico and are very excited to see where that leads. Domenari Capital has been our leading supporter since 2019 and continues to help us gain ground on our next step. This project is no different as they will support us in strenthening the opportunities for rual communities, families and schools.
Domenari- Future is Calling Campaign
Niko Issacs has a huge heart that goes beyond large Investment opportunities. For a very long time he has had a dream to build a unique facility that not only serves others but provides innovation, technology, sustainability and diversity. With his knowledge, expertise and passion we can't go wrong! We look forward to working along side him and his team to reach our campaign goals. To see more about Domenari Capital visit https://www.domenari.com
Construction: BHS Construction of Manhattan, Kansas will lead the way in our construction as they have worked with over 2000 projects and have a long history of being active in community and developing strong partnerships. We are excited to work with their incredible team and they help deliver a transformational facility.