A proposed project in the City of Atchison has been selected for funding by the Kansas Department of Transportation’s City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP), which funds improvements to state highways that extend through cities. Main Street (10th to 17th), which is also on the route of K-7 Hwy through
Atchison city commissioners voted unanimously to approve the renaming of Division Street to Unity Street during their regular meeting on Monday, after listening to a presentation from Atchison United on the importance of renaming the thoroughfare. Vice Mayor Abby Bartlett was the commissioner who asked for the group’s presentation to
Starting on Tuesday, July 14th the City of Atchison will switch the way it disinfects water during the treatment process for about two weeks. This is part of a normal maintenance program for the water distribution system. Water will be safe to drink during the entire period of this process.
A proposal aimed at easing infill housing regulations will be heard by the City of Atchison’s Planning Commission on Wednesday, August 5th at 4:30 PM. Zoning regulations commonly restrict new construction development with limitations on minimum lot size, front/side/rear lot setbacks, minimum lot widths, maximum building area, etc… While zoning
Atchison’s Jesse Greenly was selected to serve on the city commission during Monday’s special commission meeting. Greenly was unanimously chosen from a field of four candidates to fill the unexpired term of former Mayor Shawn Rizza, who resigned earlier this month when his family relocated to Colorado. “I just want
The City of Atchison has been awarded $132,000 of funding through the Kansas Department of Commerce’s Community Development Block Grant COVID-19 Small Business Grant Program (CDBG-CV). The City of Atchison Small Business COVID-19 Grant will assist with immediate and anticipated needs of existing Atchison small businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19.