CloudCorp
Cloud County Economic Development
CloudCorp is the Economic Development agency which serves
Cloud County and Concordia Kansas.



606 Washington Street, Suite B - PO Box 456
Concordia, Kansas 66901

Voice: 785-243-2010                Fax: 785-243-2014
CloudCorp Profile
CloudCorp Board of Directors
Kirk G. Lowell
Executive Director
Donna J. Barrett
Administrative Assistant
606 Washington, Concordia Kansas 66901       I       Ph: 785-243-4290      I       Fax: 785-243-2014        I        e-mail the Chamber
KSBDC
Kansas Small Business Development Center
Linda R. Sutton, M.B.A., Consultant
Cloud County Community College
Kansas Small Business Development Center
2221 Campus Drive, P.O. Box 1002
Concordia, Kansas 66901
Cloud County
Health Center
1100 Highland Drive
(785) 243-1234
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    The Meridian Way Wind Farm is located in north central Kansas in Cloud
    counthy, eight miles SE of Concordia. The wind farm site includes 38,000
    acres of land, at an elevation of 1650 feet. Meridian Way, a 201 megawatt
    (MW) wind farm, is owned by Horizon Wind Energy, LLC , and will produce
over 650,000 MW hours of clean energy, which is enough to power approximately 65,000
Kansas homes. Construction will begin in the Spring of 2008, and is expected to be
online by December of 2008.
Meridian Road was the original name of  Highway 81, thus
"Meridian Way."
Empire District Electric Company will purchase 105 MW of wind energy
annually. Westar Energy, the largest electric utility in Kansas, will purchase 96 MW wind
energy annually. Over 35 landowners with approximately 20,000 acres of privately-owned
land will participate under long-term easement options covering turbines, access roads,
transmission corridors and wind rights. This land is more than sufficient for the first two
phases of the Meridian Way Wind Farm. Horizon Wind Energy is a wind project developer
based in Houston, Texas, with regional offices in New York, Oregon, California,
Minnesota and Illinois.
WELCOME HORIZON WIND ENERGY!
Voice: 785-243-1435 X324
Fax: 785-243-9321
www.cloud.edu/ksbdc
WELCOME EVERTON ENERGY!
Everton Energy, LLC broke ground September 10, 2007
with construction of $240 million ethanol plant. In February 2009, the plant will begin  
processing 110 million gallons of ethanol per year, and employ 50-60 people. In October
CloudCorp held a reception for the developers, land owners, and members of the
Everton project. team.
Pictures can be seen by clicking on this link.