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City of Wichita District V Newsletter |
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A Message from Council Member
Bryan Frye...
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Thanksgiving is a time to join with family and friends and give thanks for the many blessings and freedoms that we enjoy every day. I am thankful for my loving family and so appreciative of the opportunity serve the citizens of District V in our wonderful City.
I am thankful we live in a City that cares. A City that cares about its neighbors, businesses, and visitors. A City that cares about the less fortunate. A City that is fulfilling a shared vision to create a vibrant, diverse, inclusive, and sustainable community. The strength of our City comes from you, our residents.
I am thankful for our police, fire-rescue, and public safety personnel for continuing to serve, protect, and safeguard our neighbors and our community.
I am thankful for our 2,800+ City employees, who do an exceptional job building community; meeting the needs of our neighbors through prompt, responsive service and enhancing quality of life.
I am thankful to our Veterans for their brave and selfless service to our country and the many sacrifices they have made defending our liberty and preserving our freedom.
I am thankful for the many volunteers, private businesses and non-profit organizations that partner with the City. Through kind and generous support, we combine our resources to strengthen and increase the services we offer to residents.
As you celebrate Thanksgiving, please remember to reach out to those in our community who are less fortunate. That giving spirit helps make our community a special place to live.
Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
Bryan Frye
District V City Council Member
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Getting to Know DAB V:
Angela Breer
Angela Breer grew up in District V before heading off to college at the University of Kansas (in her words...only the best, Rock Chalk!). She returned to Wichita, along with her husband, Kale (who attended the other school, KSU) and together, they bought their first home in District V, six years ago.
One of Angela's favorite thing to do in Wichita is dining at many of the wonderful local restaurants; there's so many to choose from. A few years ago, the Breer's started a challenge of dining their way through the alphabet, trying new restaurants all over town. The problem is, they found restaurants they loved and the other letters have been forgotten. Kanai, just across the street from District V at 119th and Maple, is her favorite.
Angela got involved with DAB because she feels it is important for to get involved in the community and be active in decisions that will impact friends and family for many years. She also believes the City of Wichita has many exciting things happening and wanted to be a part of that excitement. She would like to see Wichita continue to attract and retain young professionals while making the city more walk-able and bike friendly. She believes that a healthy community is a thriving community.
Professionally, Angela is the Communications Director at the American Heart Association. She oversees communication efforts for development staff in Wichita and Topeka, while helping with statewide advocacy issues.
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Kellogg/I235 Updates
Stay up-to-date with construction of the improvements to the Kellogg/I235 interchange. KDOT has established and is maintaining a website to keep citizens informed.
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Wichita District V Facebook Page
Stay up-to-date with news and events in our District.
Click here to visit our Facebook page. Send us a message or request or simply "like" our posts.
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Greater Wichita Partnership
Year One Progress
Through the vision of the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce, over 100 private-sector companies came together in 2012 to move economic development forward in our community as the Leadership Council.
These business leaders identified six priority areas to cultivate the economic environment. Through success observed in other cities the Council determined in 2015 the next strategic step to build upon this critical foundation was the evolution of the Leadership Council into the Greater Wichita Partnership.
Created to expand on existing efforts aimed at making our region more competitive in job creation, talent attraction and capital investment, the Partnership brought together the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition (GWEDC) and the Wichita Downtown
Development Corporation to develop a unique, holistic approach to community growth.
Today, the Partnership serves as the region's economic steward-cultivating a rich and innovative environment to grow local businesses and industries.
You can download the annual progress document that was distributed at the Nov. 9 first-anniversary event (printed copies are available by calling the Partnership at 316-500-6650) and watch a special video that was shown prior to the evening's presentations below. In addition, the Wichita Eagle recently published an editorial chronicling the Partnership's first year and the plans going forward.
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Wichita Earns Bike-Friendly Recognition
Wichita has been recognized nationally for its ongoing efforts to improve conditions for bicycling. On Wednesday, the League of American Bicyclists awarded local government an Honorable Mention designation for working with community partners to create a bicycle-friendly city.
Honorable Mention communities are generally recognized for having popular shared use paths, community-wide bicycling events, or recent bicycle planning processes. More than 100 communities that originally earned an Honorable Mention have gone on to be awarded a Bicycle Friendly Community Bronze designation or better.
The City of Wichita has worked diligently to implement the community's Wichita Bicycle Master Plan. Since the endorsement of the plan in 2013, the City has installed more than 30 miles of bikeways; created the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board; created a plan for bicycle wayfinding; and worked with community partners to secure funding for a variety of bicycling related initiatives. Please find Wichita's League of American Bicyclists report card at the following link, which features key recommendations and statistics based on local data: http://tinyurl.com/j2d97y8. You can find more information about the Wichita Bicycle Master Plan and related City efforts to improve conditions for bicycling at www.wichita.gov/bicycle.
The League of American Bicyclists on Wednesday welcomed 26 new and 77 renewing Bicycle Friendly Communities, or BFC. This is the largest application round in the BFC program's 13 year history. In total, 140 communities applied for recognition, a 62 percent increase from the previous largest round. There are now 404 BFCs in all 50 states.
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Win Free Parking!
If you've recently flown in or out of Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, we'd like to hear from you!
Take our survey here...
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Wichita's premier light display. With more than 1 million lights and new themed displays, we transform the gardens into a vast winter wonderland with themed light displays throughout. You've heard about it, now see it to believe it. Experience Kansas' largest holiday display. Make Illuminations your holiday tradition. It has become one of the area's premier holiday events.
Illuminations is held seven days a week, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. from Nov. 25 through Dec. 31 (excluding Dec. 24 and 25). This is a family-friendly event that showcases Botanica's 17 acres of beautiful gardens in a completely different light.
This year the event is getting a festive facelift! More than 5,000 LED luminaries will line garden pathways, more than 150 trees will be expertly lit, and many structures will be lit with twinkling white lights. As visitors enjoy their walk through the Gardens, they will enjoy the warm glow of luminaries, the sound of electric trains traveling around pine trees, the reflections of trees on the pond, the magic of the flocked forest at Candy Cane Lane, the fragrance of chimineas, the warmth of hot cocoa and cider and the joy of live musical groups. In total, more than 1 million lights combined with nature, it creates a stunning atmosphere and a "HO, HO, HO" lot of holiday fun!
Support from special events such as Illuminations help us showcase the Gardens, maintain Botanica as one of the Midwest's leading botanical gardens and further our mission. Tickets are $8 ($7 members) for adults and $6 for youth (3-12). Advance tickets can be purchased at all area QuikTrip locations or at botanica.org. Group rates are available in advance.
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Victorian Christmas
at Cowtown
Dec. 2, 3, 9, 10
Christmas is a special time at Old Cowtown Museum. The Victorian Christmas has become a family tradition for many in the Wichita area. This four-night event allows visitors to enjoy an old-fashioned Victorian Christmas with their family.
Visitors will enjoy seeing Cowtown decked out for the holidays, and if we're lucky, covered in a blanket of snow. There will be popcorn stringing, wagon rides and more! So make Cowtown part of your Christmas celebration this year!
A few of our Christmas activities and traditions include:
- Santa Claus in Santa's Workshop (aka Carpenter's Shop)
- Christmas carolers strolling the streets
- Christmas crafts and activities for kids
- Cookies, cocoa and unique Christmas gifts for sale and more!
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FREE FAMILY HOLIDAY CONCERT
DECEMBER 6th - 7:30 PM
CENTURY II CONVENTION HALL
Grab your loved ones and take a sleigh ride down to Century II Convention Hall! The Wichita Symphony presents their annual gift to the community, the Spirit of the Season Free Family Holiday Concert sponsored by our friends at Spirit AeroSystems. This one-hour concert will celebrate the sounds of the holiday season with your favorite Christmas carols and holiday hits performed by your Wichita Symphony. Canned food donations for the Kansas Food Bank will be accepted, and cash donations will be accepted for the Wichita Symphony's education programs.
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SENIOR WEDNESDAYS
Senior Wednesdays are always fun and there is something different to do; someone new to meet. There are also many senior activity centers in Wichita and the surrounding areas, so be informed. Be entertained. Be active.
To see the upcoming events for October's Senior Wednesdays,
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Life Happens Here!
From year-round to seasonal events, Downtown is the preferred location for Wichita to celebrate throughout the year. A variety of events cater to the diverse interests of Wichita residents and many visitors from Kansas and throughout the regional area.
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Volunteers Needed!
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is looking for individuals to assist with free tax preparation so families and individuals with low to moderate income get the benefits they need. Positions include greeters, interpreters and preparers. Training provided, flexible hours (January through April), and multiple site locations available.
Contact United Way of the Plains in Wichita by calling 211 to volunteer or get more information.
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JOBS are here in Wichita!
The Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce is proud to offer a job board with local, Wichita area, jobs only! A free service for job seekers, it will save you the time of searching through dozens of jobs outside of the area. Create a free account here
and you will be automatically signed up for all Wichita area updates and can customize the search further if you wish.
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Check out the latest information on job fairs and training courses. Click here.
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Don't be Left in the Dark!
Help deter crime and keep our communities safe by reporting street light outages. If you notice outages within your neighborhood, fill out this simple form on Westar Energy's website.
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Park and Recreation classes
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8515 Bekemeyer
Southwest of Central and Maize
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District V Advisory Board and Neighborhood Associations
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The District V Advisory Board meets the first Monday of the month at Fire Station #21 at 2110 N. 135th St W. Wichita, KS 672235. Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. For the 2016 meeting schedule, click
here.
To find DAB V agendas and minutes click
here.
To see a listing of the meeting schedule for District V's neighborhood associations, click
here.
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455 N. Main, 13 Floor
Wichita, KS 67202
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