Atchison city commissioners voted unanimously Monday to apply for a Transportation Alternatives (TA) Program grant that would transform Unity Street in the same design concept as the 2nd Street Corridor Project completed in 2019. The resolution authorizing the grant submittal was part of Monday’s regular commission meeting that also authorized
Atchison city commissioners voted unanimously Monday to approve the contracting of event operations at the Atchison Event Center to Theatre Atchison. By authorizing a contract that would begin on Nov. 1 and run through the entirety of 2021, commissioners agreed to pay Theatre Atchison $28,000. Theatre Atchison will be responsible
The concrete portion of the City’s 2020 Street Improvement Project, which included a series of improvements to curbs/gutters, sidewalks, and intersection transitions throughout the City of Atchison has reached substantial completion. The most noticeable improvements are in the 6th and 7th Street corridors of midtown (Parallel to Mound). Those corridors
Earlier this year the City of Atchison was awarded $132,000 of funding through the Community Development Block Grant COVID-19 Small Business Grant Program (CDBG-CV). The CDBG-CV Program is funded through the federal CARES Act and is intended to support small businesses that have incurred hardship on account of the COVID-19
The Reisner Park Skatepark project landed some big jumps this summer with a $5,000 grant award from The Skatepark Project (formerly known as the Tony Hawk Foundation), a $120,000 donation from Skate High with Hope the Joshua Kinsman Foundation and on August 17th, the City Commission authorized a design-build contract
The City of Atchison wants builders, developers, investors, contractors, and the public to know that most of Atchison’s smaller and older lots are now suitable for new construction. At their regular meeting on August 17, the City Commission eased many limitations on infill housing construction, specifically those on smaller lots