Neighborhood Walking Audit
The Historic Northeast-Midtown Association and the Health Council of Wyandotte County are trying to work with neighborhoods to conduct "walking audits" in eastern Wyandotte county. The goal is to identify and prioritize the need for street improvements, sidewalks, curb repair and street lighting, in order to provide communities and neighborhoods, specifically children and families, safe places to walk and make neighborhoods more pedestrian friendly, thereby helping to increase access to resources for residents.
Our neighborhood has decided to raise funds through individual contributions to fund this walking audit in Westheight. The estimated cost of performing the audit is $2400 which includes hiring staff from KU school of architecture to produce maps and data analytics in a detailed report that will be used to present to the UG. The overall project is called In our Own Back Yard (IOBY) and through a partnership with Wyandotte Health and the HNMA we as a neighborhood will be advocating and exploring additional resources to work with the UG to resolve the issues identified in our walking audit.
Long story short, this will be a very important first step in getting sidewalks in Westheight as well as curb and lampposts repairs.
Our goal as a neighborhood is to raise $1200 which will be matched dollar for dollar to fund the walking audit. We will engage students from Northeast Middle, Mark Twain, Wyandotte High School, and surrounding neighborhoods to participate not only in conducting the audit but also in advocating to get the work done.
Our neighborhood has decided to raise funds through individual contributions to fund this walking audit in Westheight. The estimated cost of performing the audit is $2400 which includes hiring staff from KU school of architecture to produce maps and data analytics in a detailed report that will be used to present to the UG. The overall project is called In our Own Back Yard (IOBY) and through a partnership with Wyandotte Health and the HNMA we as a neighborhood will be advocating and exploring additional resources to work with the UG to resolve the issues identified in our walking audit.
Long story short, this will be a very important first step in getting sidewalks in Westheight as well as curb and lampposts repairs.
Our goal as a neighborhood is to raise $1200 which will be matched dollar for dollar to fund the walking audit. We will engage students from Northeast Middle, Mark Twain, Wyandotte High School, and surrounding neighborhoods to participate not only in conducting the audit but also in advocating to get the work done.
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To make your donation please follow the below instructions. 1. Go to https://www.ioby.org/project/come-walk-us-wyco 2. Enter the donation amount and click “DONATE TO THIS PROJECT” 3. Make sure the amounts are correct on the next screen and select “Checkout” 4. Enter the email address, confirm the email, and then select “CONTINUE TO THE NEXT STEP” 5. Fill in the billing information 6. Under DONOR INFORMATION in the field “Display me publicly as:” enter the donor name followed by the word WESTHEIGHT (make sure you do this last step so that we get credited for the funds which you donate.) |
Thank you to all the neighbors that have already contributed to this worthy initiative
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Kevin Curtiss
Bruce Erickson Kara Erickson Felipe Ham Morgan Ham Everett Mills Jennifer Mills Ann Hill Creighton Miller Sarah Miller Dan Duncan LeAnn Duncan |
Darcy Curtiss
Michelle Peterson Doug Peterson Matt Brodine Lydia Brodine Matt Hentges Kim Hentges Jim Schraeder Meredith Schraeder Nancy Clark Mary Smith Craig Jack |