Color Decatur County

03/07/2026

If you didn’t make it to the open house today, you MUST stop in and see this amazing mural!!

03/05/2026

Let’s show Ladd & the library board some love with new amazing mural!

This Saturday is the Grand Opening & Open House 10-2.

Another great mural in Oberlin! 👏🏻 👏🏻

We will be having a ribbon cutting this Saturday @ 10 for the Oberlin City Library’s new mural.

We hope you all can attend their Grand Opening & open house.

Come see the AHHHMAAZZZING mural that Ladd Wendelin has hand painted. Lots of love & hard work went into the mural. ❤️

02/22/2026

Did you know that the Color Decatur County is not just about murals?

Our mission is to beautify public spaces, foster community engagement, and tell our local story through curated public art. This committee is focused on enhancing neighborhood aesthetics, promoting our county, providing educational opportunities, and driving economic growth through tourism and increased foot traffic.

We have several projects in the works. I will be posting more information on those projects coming soon.

But today, lets focus on Project #1: 🥁 🥁 🥁

🇺🇸 An 80ft flag pole with a 20ft x 30ft flag. We would love to purchase 2 extra flags to have on hand, as well.

The flag pole system is solar-powered and includes an emergency 12-hour built-in backup. It comes with a 100-watt solar panel, a winch box, and a 12V 55ah AGM battery. All flag components are internal.

The flag will be able to be raised and lowered using an app and manually.

The city has given us permission to put the pole on their property.

🇺🇸 We are currently working on grants & are looking for local donations.

🇺🇸 We would LOVE to have this up for the 250th celebration of the USA but not sure if that will happen. 🤞🏻🤞🏻

If you would like to make a donation for this project, please drop it off or mail it to Sharee at the EDC office (124 S Penn). Please put on memo line “CDC flag pole project”

We appreciate all donations towards this project!! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

1.) To answer a few questions that are being asked
The flag will be placed on the city’s property between the old pizza hut building and Napa.

2.) Project will cost approx $50-60,000.

Hope this answers all the questions!

01/24/2026

01/22/2026

Check out these shout outs!!!

Hey Explorer Club Network: Kansas Explorer #1 - Susie Haver - is embarking on an Explorer Quest to visit all of the bandshells in the State of Kansas! To start her off well on her journey, post the towns where bandshells are located in the comments. Name of town is great, a picture of the bandshell is even better.

Photo of Bandshell in Saint Francis, KS (Cheyenne County).

01/16/2026

Another awesome mural in our community!! 🤯 🎨

11/20/2025

Tomorrow is the last day to get your pictures of the Northern Lights to the Decatur County Area Chamber of Commerce office!! 📸

11/12/2025

Color Decatur County is having a Photo Contest!

Rules:

📸 Bring in your favorite 8 x 10 picture of the Northern Lights to the Chamber office (they do not have to be framed)
📸 Photos MUST be taken in Decatur County
📸 Photos accepted until November 21st @ 4pm
📸 Beginning Dec 1, hop in to vote for your favorite picture
💵Bring cash to vote, every dollar counts as 1 vote.
✅ Voting will end Dec 19th @ 4pm

Winner will receive a prize & their photo will be made into a canvas to hang in the EDC/Chamber Office!!

Get out tonight and get to taking some more amazing pics of Decatur County Northern Lights!! 📸

11/07/2025

Check this out!! 🌻 🎨

11/07/2025

09/17/2025

🌟🎨 BIG NEWS, DECATUR COUNTY!!! 🎨🌟
Something AMAZING is coming to our community! 🙌
Oberlin-Decatur County Economic Development Corp and Color Decatur County are beyond excited to share that we’ve been awarded The Rural Murals grant on behalf of Kansas Department of Commerce & Office of Rural Prosperity
✨ This means a brand-new, one-of-a-kind mural is headed to the Decatur County Fairgrounds! ✨
This mural will add COLOR, ENERGY, and COMMUNITY PRIDE to our fairgrounds — and we can’t wait for you to see it come to life! 💛💙
Stay tuned, because the best is yet to come! 🚀

We have awarded $75,000 in Rural Mural funding that will go to support 12 new public art projects across Kansas.

Each vibrant mural will tell a unique story about that rural community. We are excited to see how our recipients showcase their hometown pride through art.

To view our awardees or learn more, visit here: https://bit.ly/47TdIOZ

09/02/2025

What extra goodies have you made to enhance your concessions stands?