(KNZA)--Public meetings are set this week to allow local residents the opportunity to learn more about the 3rd annual Big Kansas Road Trip that is coming to Brown, Doniphan and Nemaha Counties May 7-10, 2020, and how they can be involved.

The Inman-based Kansas Sampler Foundation created the event after ending the 28-year Kansas Sampler Festival.  Foundation Director Marci Penner said the purpose of the event is to help the public get to know Kansas communities of every size.

On Wednesday evening, public meetings on the Big Kansas Road Trip will be held at the Troy Public Library at 5:30 and Wathena Community Building at 7:15.

On Thursday evening, meetings will be  held at the Carwell Building at the Brown County Ag Museum in Hiawatha at 5:30 and at the Nemaha County Community Building in Seneca at 7:30.

Local residents can attend anyone of the meetings.