Modeling Our Way Toward Health
At the beginning of 2025, I sat down with the newly released America’s Health Rankings and felt a genuine sense of encouragement. Kansas had moved from #29 to #28 in […]
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Why Hi-Crest Is Not the Exception
Recently, the work of SENT in the Hi-Crest neighborhood was recognized by the Kansas Department of Commerce through the Community Empowerment Program with its highest designation, Community of Excellence. We
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Does Mixed-Income Housing Displace Residents?
A Thoughtful Look at Research and Our Practice This is a question we hear often, and it is a fair one. When people have seen neighborhoods change without protections, it
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The Crisis We Don’t Want to See, and the Hope We Cannot Ignore
I struggle with the tension. In Topeka and in communities like ours across the country, we are caught between two competing realities. The first is the one splashed across headlines:
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More Homes, More Stability: Why SENT Is Using Manufactured and Panelized Housing in 2026
In almost every community conversation about housing, someone eventually says some version of: “We need affordable housing, but we don’t want those kinds of homes.” I understand where that fear
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A Stable Home Is One of the Strongest Investments a Community Can Make
At SENT, we often say that housing is not just shelter. It is health infrastructure. It is education infrastructure. It is economic infrastructure. Johnson-Betts Meadows was designed with this belief
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Does Mixed-Income Housing Displace Residents? A Thoughtful Look at Research and Our Practice
This is a question we hear often, and it is a fair one. When people have seen neighborhoods change without protections, it makes sense to ask whether new housing, even
The Greater Topeka Partnership announced the members of the 2026 Leadership Greater Topeka class | Topeka Capital Journal
See the full list here. Honors The Greater Topeka Partnership announced the members of the 2026 Leadership Greater Topeka class, chosen after an extensive nomination and application process. Each year, this
SENT addresses link between stress, housing instability | WIBW
Watch the Feature Here. Johnathan Sublet with SENT Topeka visited Eye on NE Kansas to share how the organization is working to address housing stability. By Melissa Brunner Published: Dec. 17, 2025
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SENT Inc. Newsletter: How Oh Snap! Helped Feed Shawnee County This Fall
As we step into December, we’re reflecting with deep gratitude on a season marked by extraordinary collaboration and community care. When SNAP benefits were temporarily suspended this fall, thousands of
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