NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The City of Hutchinson is holding a community meeting on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. at Stringer Fine Arts Center on the HutchCC campus.
"We are going to have more of an interactive town hall," said city spokesperson Jessica Woodyard. "It's going to be questions like, what are your top issues that the city should prioritize? How do you like to receive your information? What are better ways that the city can communicate with you? We'll also ask questions like, what concerns you about our community? What are some things that the city is doing well?"
The intent is to have those that are closest to the issues be in attendance.
"We will have city council present," Woodyard said. "We will also have many department heads, representatives from all departments there, to engage in conversation. We'll have questions posted around the room. We invite residents to walk through and make their own notes, write down their thoughts, so we can collect these ideas and really put it to good use for the future of Hutchinson."
The idea is that it can be a one stop shop if you have an issue with the city, so you don't get the communication breakdown that can sometimes happen.
"We want to put all of those questions in front of the right people to answer them, and also bring more conversation out of it, not just a question and answer," Woodyard said. "Real conversation, to talk about some of these things that the public is wanting to know answers on."
All Hutchinson residents are encouraged to attend.
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