Clements

Clements, KS · Municipal
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Opinion: Maybe the future is now for Northeast Wichita
As Wichita plans its development future, Black Wichita has an opportunity to assert agency over its own future in ways modern history might never have allowed. It already has produced the kind of genius that could move the entire city forward.
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Derby council approves final plat for controversial multi-family development
Derby’s City Council has approved the final plat for a large multifamily development that has been the topic of controversy among residents in recent months. The Stone Creek Sixth Addition is a planned apartment complex project in the Stone Creek neighborhood, at the northeast corner of Patriot Avenue and Triple Creek Drive — a property that has sat vacant for years. Residents have argued that a large multi-family development would not be a good fit for the neighborhood, one full of single-family homes as well as an elementary school. “That lot had sat there empty for 26 years, and nobody ever dreamed that something of that magnitude . . . would go into that area,” Derby resident Scotty Little said in the public forum portion of Tuesday’s meeting. “This densely populated project in the middle of our single-family homes is not a good fit and will never be a good fit.” In July, developers requested industrial revenue bonds and a 60% property tax abatement for the next ten years as well as a construction materials sales tax exemption from the city of Derby. After heavy pushback, the council rejected the developer’s application, but the project moved forward. Derby’s planning commission
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Wichita schools plan 2027 student moves after Pleasant Valley, L’Ouverture close
Questions are raised about where hundreds of students will go when two Wichita elementary schools close at the end of the school year. Pleasant Valley and L’Ouverture will close in May, and now the district has presented a plan for where those students will attend in 2027. Division Director...