by Mary Rupert
Plans for the downtown Healthy Campus will go before a group from the community for comments on Oct. 9 before proceeding to the Unified Government Planning Commission and UG Commission.
Gould Evans Architects, the architectural team, will roll out its plan for the downtown development Oct. 9, and community members’ comments can be made on it, according to Bill Hurrelbrink of the mayor’s office.
Gould Evans previously had asked several hundred people in the community for comments on the proposed plan.
Hurrelbrink said a lot of interest is being generated on this project, many phone calls have been received from people wanting to get involved, and the project is growing.
The Healthy Campus plans a development with a community center, grocery store and expanded green space at 10th and Minnesota, near the Big Eleven Lake area. Part of the proposal is that the community center would be run by the YMCA.
The public presentation of the plan will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Commission Chambers, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan. At this meeting, those attending will view the presentation and then break out in small group discussions led by facilitators. The meeting will be broadcast on the UGTV cable channel.
Later, there will be an opportunity for the public to speak as part of the official meetings at UG Planning Commission and UG Commission meetings.