Topeka leaders could fund statue, housing revitalization projects
Improving neighborhoods is the focus of Topeka Dreams, for which the mayor and city council will consider awarding millions in grant funding Tuesday.
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Improving neighborhoods is the focus of Topeka Dreams, for which the mayor and city council will consider awarding millions in grant funding Tuesday.
The Topeka City Council Tuesday evening authorized the city attorney's office to prosecute businesses.
Improving neighborhoods is the focus of Topeka Dreams, for which the mayor and city council will consider awarding millions in grant funding Tuesday.
Shanta Trice could have lived anywhere in Topeka, but she chose the Hi-Crest neighborhood. “There is just a sense of belonging, being aware of who you are and being accepted,” said Trice, who is also a spokeswoman for Mothers of Murdered Sons. The diversity of Hi-Crest, coupled with its sense of community, gives the area potential, Trice said, but she believes it is being squandered. She said some central, northern and eastern neighborhoods “definitely get slighted" in city infrastructure investment. Trice said everything from roads to business development is lacking, and that has ...