Inside the newly renovated Crowell Activity Center at the February 7th Southern Plains Conference, Walter Paetzold, an entrepreneurial farmer from Hereford, TX (left) visits with William Nelson, President of the CHS Foundation and The Cooperative Foundation, based in Minneapolis, MN. The CHS Foundation is the major funder of Ogallala Commons Commonwealth Communities Regional Clusters Project.

What are Commonwealth Communities?

Ogallala Commons Regional Clusters

      Regional Clusters Overview Map

High Plains Regional Cluster

      High Plains Regional Cluster

Rawlins County (Atwood, Herndon, McDonald), Kansas

      Community Quiz

      Youth Engagement Day & Fall Conference

      2007 Youth Fair Application

Cheyenne County (St. Francis, Bird City), Kansas

      Cheyenne Initiative Association

      Basic Stats on Cheyenne County

Mesalands Regional Cluster

      Mesalands Regional Cluster Map

      2007 Youth Entrepreneur Fair

Baca County (Springfield, Campo, Walsh), Colorado

      Application for Youth Entrepreneurship Fair

      Business Plan Outline

      Web Sites that address Business Plan Information

      Basic Data on Baca County, CO

      Baca County Youth Entrepreneurship Press Release

      Baca County Community Foundation

Harding County (Roy, Mosquero, Bueyeros), New Mexico

      Harding County Newsletter February 2007 Volume I, Issue 2

      Harding County Newsletter March 2007 Volume I, Issue 3

Cimarron River Regional Cluster

      Cimarron River Regional Cluster Map

Red River Regional Cluster

      Red River Regional Cluster Map

Foard County (Crowell), Texas

      Southern Plains Conference

Nazareth, Texas

      Second Greater Naz Business Fair

Hart, Texas

      Community Futures Forum for Hart, TX

      Hart, TX Clean-up Day

Swisher County (Tulia). Texas

Baylor County(Seymour), Texas

Knox County (Benjamin, Munday, Knox City), Texas