HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutch Rec announced Wednesday that they have started organizing and working on Hutchinson’s sixth featured neighborhood as a part of the Hutchinson Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative.
The sixth featured neighborhood is the area between Main and Monroe streets, from 11th Avenue to 17th Avenue. Residents living in this neighborhood are invited to attend a meeting on Saturday at 10 a.m. in the CosmoWorks room at Clayworks, 1125 N. Main St. There, residents will discuss priorities, goals, and concerns for the neighborhood, as well as go over neighborhood boundaries and learn about the neighborhood development program.
This effort is part of the Hutchinson Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative, a partnership among Hutch Rec, the City of Hutchinson, the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce, and the Hutchinson Community Foundation.
The purpose of the Healthy Neighborhood initiative was put in place to better market area neighborhoods, making them attractive places where residents choose to live for an enhanced quality of life.
Organized efforts in the five current featured neighborhoods have led to park improvements, grants for home improvements and repairs, social events, and development of neighborhood identities.