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3 local counties to be showcased this weekend

By Greg Bebermeyer

05/05/2021

(KNZA)--Hundreds of people are expected to visit the communities of Brown, Doniphan and Nemaha counties Thursday through Sunday as part of the Kansas Sampler Foundation’s Big Kansas Road Trip.

The first-ever Big Kansas Road Trip (BKRT) started in 2019 in Barber, Comanche and Kiowa counties to replace the popular long-running Kansas Sampler Festival. The purpose of the BKRT is to give cities of every size an opportunity to have visitors and to show-and-tell their story, as well as to provide the public first-hand experiences in rural communities.

Foundation director Marci Penner said each year they choose three counties to be showcased in a big tri-county open-house format.

This northeast Kansas version of the BKRT was intended to take place in May of last year, and then September, but was postponed both times because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Local county leaders and communities have been organizing and preparing since April of 2019.

Listings of events, attractions, restaurants, and participating businesses are listed in a 52-page printed guide that can be picked up in most local businesses or city and chamber offices.

You can also go on-line to https://www.bigkansasroadtrip.com/ to see the listings of things to see and do.

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