The Superior Express -

Burr Oak was awarded a $330,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) toward a water quality, total water infrastructure replacement, water tower repair and upgrades project. Burr Oak was one of 40 cities in the Kansas to receive a portion of $20 million CDBG. Gene Underwood, Burr Oak councilman, and Lennie Gutscher accepted the award. Pictured (back row, from left) are Amanda Horn (NCRPC), Troy Waymaster (Kansas State Representative) and Alex Darby (PEC Engineering), (front) David Toland (Kansas Lieutenant Governor), Elaine Bowers (Kansas State Senator), Underwood, Gutscher and Laura Kelly (Kansas Governor).