Heartland Visioning, Round 2

Heartland Visioning, Round 2
By Mike Hall
The Capital-Journal
Published Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Sometimes, little things can make life better.

For 9-year-old Jhailyn Johnson, teachers who make learning fun would do it.

Jhailyn was among 145 Shawnee Countians who offered ideas Tuesday night on how to make Topeka a better place to live. The gathering at Seaman High School was the second of three community meetings leading to a plan to be completed in November.

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Article about Visioning needs

Response has been greater than expected from people wanting to be involved in the Heartland Visioning process. But more volunteers are needed from four zip codes: 66612, 66608, 66616 and 66619…

…The initial goal of the process is to generate, with lots of ideas from the public, a plan by early November identifying a few key areas of concern and some ideas for addressing those concerns to make the area a better place to live. However, the visioning process, as it has occurred in other communities, wouldn’t end there. It is designed to be ongoing.

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Heartland Vision

Here are the heartland vision meetings

June

16th - Topeka West, High School Auditorium

17th - Seaman High School

19th - Highlandpark High School

Registration starts at 5:30, ends at 9:00pm