The ReNewton Project officially kicked off on February 16th, 2010. This is a Comprehensive Planning project for the twin cities of Newton and North Newton, Kansas. It will be a twelve month project with many community involvement activities designed to start a dialog in our communities to design what the fabric of Newton and North Newton will look like in for the next generation of residents and leaders; “Millennials” as described by Rebecca Ryan. The project is being facilitated by Tom Phillips of Phillips & Associates of Manhattan, Kansas and Kristin Brighton and Susan Religa of New Boston Creative Group, also of Manhattan, Kansas. Our nineteen member steering committee will meet monthly to brainstorm, collect, make sense of and implement the framework of the new Comprehensive Plan.
As a member of the steering committee and as a resident and business owner in Newton, I’ve decided to use my own blog to record my professional thoughts and insights during this next twelve months. I’d also like to take this opportunity to invite any and all that would enjoy participating in the online discussion and/or the community meeting forums to register at: www.renewtonkansas.com
I’m excited about the process and I hope we’ll see similar enthusiasm from the “Newtons.”
