{"id":611930,"date":"2026-09-02T05:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T05:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611930\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T05:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T05:34:11","slug":"great-bend-economic-development-announces-five-ignite-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611930\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Bend Economic Development announces five IGNITE finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto w-full sm:w-full md:w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1717537841760.jpeg\" alt=\"&lt;br&gt;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>From Great Bend Economic Development<\/p>\n<p>After reviewing an incredible group of applications, we&#8217;re excited to announce the five businesses advancing to the IGNITE Finale on Oct. 8 at the historic Crest Theater.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to:<br \/>\u2022 Great Bend Play Place<br \/>\u2022 Little Window Restaurant Group<br \/>\u2022 Sugar Co.<br \/>\u2022 The Book Cellar<br \/>\u2022 The Zarah Coffee Shop<\/p>\n<p>These entrepreneurs have demonstrated vision, passion, and the drive to make an impact in Barton County. Now they&#8217;ll take the stage to pitch their businesses for a chance to win a share of $95,000 in prize funding, including the $50,000 grand prize.Join us as we celebrate innovation, entrepreneurship, and the future of our community. Thanks to the generous support of INA Alert, this year&#8217;s finale is free to attend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Great Bend Economic Development After reviewing an incredible group of applications, we&#8217;re excited to announce the five&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[72,191,61,60],"class_list":["post-611930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}