Downtown Gets A Boost
City of Wichita
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DOWNTOWN SELECTED TO JOIN NATIONAL INITIATIVE

 

Wichita's Downtown redevelopment efforts, as outlined in Project Downtown: The Master Plan for Wichita, are getting assistance from a new program that helps move sustainability projects from concept to reality.

 

Project Downtown will be aided through a new Portland State University program that helps cities collaborate on sustainability projects in a way that helps move them through the conceptual, planning, policy and completion stages.

 

Wichita is one of five cities to participate in Portland State's inaugural Urban Sustainability Accelerator (USA) program. It will join other teams from Louisville, Kentucky; Portland, Maine; the Sacramento Council of Governments; and El Paso and Waco, Texas. Each team will receive assistance with common themes including urban redevelopment and infill, green infrastructure investments, historic preservation and promoting transportation choices from spring 2013 through July 2014.

 

Mayor Carl Brewer said Wichita's project team will benefit from experts from other cities and draw on expertise in the Portland region where developers have managed similar projects. "This collaborative and innovative program will assist our community in the redevelopment of Downtown in a manner that builds upon the principles of Project Downtown," Brewer said.

 

Robert Liberty, the Director of the Urban Sustainability Accelerator, said Downtown Wichita is ideal for the program: "Wichita is an exciting partner for us because of the opportunity to work on major redevelopment projects with supportive developers and a city that is committed to implementing a very impressive plan for a livable and sustainable Downtown." 

 

For more information on Project Downtown and the Urban Sustainability Accelerator program, please contact Scott Knebel, Downtown Revitalization Manager, at (316) 268-4456 or [email protected], or Jeff Fluhr, President Wichita Downtown Development Corporation, at (316) 264-6005 or [email protected].


Full list of development projects in Downtown Wichita

Map of current development projects in Downtown Wichita
Wichita Downtown Development Corporation
507 East Douglas
Wichita, KS 67202
316.264.6005

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