Ottawa Planning Commission Eyes Proactive Growth Role
Ottawa planners push to expand the Planning Commission beyond reacting to rezones and plats. They seek a proactive, city wide view of long term growth, including a new Ottawa Vision project tied to updating the comprehensive plan and involving citizens to avoid plans gathering dust.
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Ottawa Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Ottawa
Theresa Cummings
Max Atteberg
City Planning Commission
Vision
Ottawa Planning and
John Merrell
Fayetteville
Ark
Merrell
City Commission
Ottawa Vision
Cummings
ORC Hampers Growth With Space Constraints In Ottawa
Ottawa Recreation Commission faces record participation while lacking space to hold all events funded by USD 290. Recreation director Jane Morton notes expansion is hard due to land lease limits and lack of ownership. The ORC distributes surveys to align offerings with citizen demand and plans spring flag football alongside the Saturday Night Main Event to expand without new space.
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Cummings
American Eagle Outfitters
Ottawa
Main Street
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Jane Morton
Morton
Recreation Commission
Commission
ORC
Rently
Library moves to automated checkout and card catalog
Ottawa Library prepares to switch to a computer operated system in a month. Bar bra Dew notes the project will reduce hand filing errors and speed up clerical work while letting patrons view checked out items on the computer card catalog or by phone. Training and bar code work are underway with further training in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Jill Cormode
Herald
Ottawa
Barbara Dew
Dew
Huntsville
Ala
Franklin County to open new visitors center and promote festivals
Murray McGee, Franklin County tourism director, outlines plans for a spring ground breaking on a two story Victorian visitors center in Ottawa. The bureau aims to attract more visitors with a statewide festival around 2002, an I 35 interstate tourism coalition, and expanded year round access to the Old Depot Museum.
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Franklin County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Ottawa
Kansas
Murray McGee
Franklin County
McGee
Kansas Department of Transportation
Bureau
Kansas Speedway
Lenexa
Olathe
Overland Park
Emporia
Wichita
Old Depot Museum
Carnegie Culture Center
River Run
Baldwin
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