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A $6.8 million development project on a portion of the DeBauge-Krueger tract, near 18th Avenue and Graphic Arts Road, passed the first round of approval from the Regional Development Association, Friday morning.
The development would bring in a QuikTrip convenience store and development of a new access road connecting quicker access to Interstate 35, the Kansas Turnpike and US Highway 50.Â
RDA President Kent Heermann said the development would take up about 10 acres of the 70-acre property tract, located just west of Flint Hills Technical College. A new access road would be constructed at the first entrance to FHTC and the Jones Education Center on Graphic Arts Road, down to I-35.Â
Emporia City Commissioners reviewed proposals and renderings for improvements to some city parks during a Wednesday morning study session.
Improvements, which will be funded with a $500,000 drawdown from the Lake Kahola Fund at the Emporia Community Foundation, are slated for Fremont and Eastside parks.
City Manager Mark McAnarney said he, as well as parks staff, have also been contacted about improvements for the skate park, as well as improvements for bike paths and other recreational opportunities.
âWe might want to look at, somehow to address that,â he said. âThere was an article a few months in the paper on the skate park.â