HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative will have two open houses for Creekside Neighborhood residents to review plans for improvements to Bernard White Park. The small park is located along West 5th Avenue near the Jim Martinez Trail.
The first open house will be Saturday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the park located at the intersection of West Fifth Avenue and Brookside Drive. The second open house will be Thursday, Nov. 5, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Hutchinson Wesleyan Church, 528 W. 10th Ave.
Creekside is the fourth featured neighborhood of the Hutchinson Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative and is located between Main Street and Cow Creek from Fourth Avenue to 11th Avenue. It was officially named in August 2019.
Along with the proposed work in the Creekside Neighborhood, the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative will have a virtual meeting for the newest featured neighborhood on Monday, Nov. 2, via Zoom from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The neighborhood is bound roughly between 11th and 17th avenues, from Main Street west to Monroe Street. The area was selected as the newest featured neighborhood in January. Residents approved those boundaries at an August meeting.
Agenda items include nominating names for the neighborhood and discussing priorities for neighborhood organizing. Interested residents can RSVP to [email protected] to receive the link for the meeting.