COMMUNITY PROFILE: City of Newton By Erin McDaniel, Director of Communications, City of Newton T -shirts promoting the “We have so much going on in Newton right now and so City of Newton’s 150th much to celebrate,” said Mayor Clint McBroom. “We may still be...
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COMMUNITY PROFILE: City of Newton By Erin McDaniel, Director of Communications, City of Newton T -shirts promoting the “We have so much going on in Newton right now and so City of Newton’s 150th much to celebrate,” said Mayor Clint McBroom. “We may still be anniversary feature the waiting on trains, but we’re not waiting on progress.” tagline, “Waiting on In April, Gov. Laura Kelly announced that Newton will be one trains since 1872,” a lighthearted of four new member communities joining the Kansas Main Street reference to the city’s origins as program. The program offers training, technical assistance, and a railroad hub and to the BNSF access to networking and grant opportunities for downtown Railway lines that still cross the revitalization. community. “We love our downtown in Newton,” said City Commissioner Newton was founded as the Rod Kreie. “It’s one of the things that sets us apart from the terminus of the Chisholm Trail and was named after the city in more suburban communities
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