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Yuma Street Cultural Center & Entrepreneur Hub

Reclaiming history, building the future. Learn more: www.yumastreet.org

YSCC is a cultural and entrepreneurial hub in Manhattan, KS—celebrating legacy, supporting entrepreneurship, and creating space for equity, community, and growth.

10/26/2026

👷🏾‍♀️🚧Day One of demolition at the Yuma Street Cultural Center is finally here! Watching this dream turn into a real building is a true blessing.

Hear from YSCC visionary, Former Coach Dave Baker on what this day means.

Huge thanks to everyone in the community who stepped up with financial support to make this happen.🙏🏾

10/13/2026

The doors aren’t open yet, but the work is already happening. 💛

Rise Above is the village showing up for our young men—mentors sharing their stories, building connections, and helping the next generation see what’s possible.

This is the kind of programming the Yuma Street Cultural Center will expand when we open. We’re already serving our community. A permanent home will help us reach more families, create more opportunities, and deepen that impact.

Join us for Rise Above this Saturday!
October 17 • 11 AM–2 PM
Douglass Activity Center, Manhattan

FREE for boys and young men ages 9–21. All backgrounds welcome. Lunch included. Parents can meet mentors and explore resource tables from 11 AM–noon.

Help a young man in your life get connected: https://bit.ly/riseaboveflinthills

10/13/2026

Hard hats on. History in the making. 🦺🛠️

We gathered for the first day of demolition at historic Shepard Chapel—a milestone in bringing the Yuma Street Cultural Center to life!

After years of planning, fundraising, and community support, seeing the work begin made this vision feel real in a whole new way. We’re preserving a piece of Manhattan’s history and creating a place where culture, entrepreneurship, education, and community can thrive for generations.

To every donor, partner, and neighbor who has helped us get here: your belief in this vision is becoming something we can see. Thank you for building with us. 💛

There’s more work ahead, and we’re bringing you along. Stay tuned for a behind-the-scenes video of the process!

Companion Projects Media, LLC
Icon Structures, Inc.
Malmarili Tax Services
Wilfred Gaye - Country Financial
Amicus Wealth Partners- Financial Advisor: Willie Thomas II

10/08/2026

Congratulations to the Shepard Chapel in Manhattan for receiving a $100,000 Heritage Trust Fund grant!

This Gothic Revival church was built in 1916 and served Manhattan, Riley County until the 1960s. It was listed on the National and Register of Historic Places in 2023.

09/30/2026

THIS was Yuma. ❤️💛💚

The culture. The history. The food. The dancing. The businesses. The generations. The JOY.

The 2nd Annual Yuma Street Cultural Festival was about more than one day—it was about honoring where we’ve been while building what comes next.

And y’all SHOWED UP. 🙌🏾

This is what it looks like when community comes together to RECLAIM & RISE.

🎥 Relive Yuma with us.

Video: Max Sene
Drone: Companion Projects Media, LLC

09/24/2026

Construction is underway on the Yuma Street Cultural Center in Manhattan, formerly Shepard’s Chapel. The space will become a place to highlight Black history in the Flint Hills region. Last week the Black Entrepreneurs of the Flint Hills announced it received a $100,000 heritage trust fund grant through the Kansas Historical Society to support the building’s preservation and rehabilitation.

09/15/2026

📣 Major exhibit announcement! 📣 The Discovery Center will open the nationally traveling Aim High: Soaring with the Tuskegee Airmen Exhibit featuring Black Wings: American Dreams of Flight on October 3, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

Together, these interactive exhibits invite visitors to explore aviation from the inspiring history of the Tuskegee Airmen to 21st-century STEM concepts.

Inspired by the tools and tasks involved in flying and aeronautics, the interactive experiences combine real artifacts with hands-on play. Visitors of all ages can imagine themselves as aviators, learn from the past, and dream about the future.

Aim High: Soaring with the Tuskegee Airmen was created by Children's Museum of Pittsburgh in partnership with Hosanna House, and features Black Wings: American Dreams of Flight, organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Black Wings was made possible by the generous support of MetLife Foundation.

The exhibit will be open at the Discovery Center from October 3, 2026 to January 3, 2027 and is included in the cost of regular admission. The exhibit will also be open during monthly free nights on October 15, November 19, and December 17 from 5 to 8 p.m.

Learn more at www.kansasdiscovery.org/aimhigh

09/14/2026

Please join us this Saturday this event will take place inside if it rains, however we will be unable to view the stars/ moon if the event is moved indoors but there will still be activities for families. Free moon pies!!!

09/13/2026

More moments from Yuma. ❤️💛💚

Thank you again to Rachel Shivers Photography for capturing the people and moments that made the 2nd Annual Yuma Street Cultural Festival so special.

Find yourself. Find your people. Tag somebody you recognize. And keep sharing your favorite moments from Yuma with us. 🙌🏾

RECLAIM & RISE. ❤️💛💚

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Manhattan, KS
66502–66503, 66505-66506

Website

http://yumastreet.org/

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