Milton

Milton, KS · Municipal
klcjournal.com
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. Charles McAfee’s ancestors arrived in Wichita with Jesse Chisholm....
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Wichita Eagle
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
Winfield Daily Courier
Isle of Lights opens Sunday with the Island Park tree lighting
Winfield’s mile-long drive through the lights at Island Park opens Sunday night, right after the tree goes up in color. The Isle of Lights tree lighting is at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Island Park. The Wood family, longtime Isle of Lights volunteers, will light the 18-foot tree this year, and the program includes carols, a blessing, hot cocoa and cookies, according to Wichita on the Cheap’s event listing. When the ceremony ends, the drive opens and the first cars roll through.