The Winamac Town Park could soon have a clearer visual link from downtown, thanks to some help from a local boy scout. RJ Link is looking at adding brick pillars on either side of Main Street as part of a proposed Eagle Scout project. He recently told the town’s park board that the idea is to form a gateway to the “swinging bridge.”
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Downtown Knox has been added to the base level of the Indiana Main Street program. Knox Main Street United is now an accredited member of the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Downtown Affiliate Network. It’s one of four incoming programs announced by OCRA on Wednesday.
Continue readingEfforts to get a Main Street designation for Downtown Knox took a major step forward Friday. Knox Main Street United submitted its application to the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs.
Continue readingThe west entrance to the Winamac Town Park could soon become a little safer. Town manager and park board member Brad Zellers told the rest of the board Thursday that the town plans to apply for a Community Crossings Grant to ease the slope of Main Street east of Riverside Drive.
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Leaders are expressing optimism with efforts to get a Main Street designation for Downtown Knox. The committee assembled to pursue the designation met Wednesday with Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Northwest Community Liaison Gerry White last week.
Continue readingKnox-area business owners, residents, and elected officials are coming together to revitalize the city’s downtown. The first steps were taken Monday to form a nonprofit organization to pursue an Indiana Main Street designation. That would open the door to significant grant opportunities.
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More electronic signs may be coming to the Knox Community Schools campus. Back in March, the school corporation installed a message board at the corner of Main Street and Redskin Trail. Now, the Knox Board of Works has agreed to let the middle school add its own sign in the city’s right of way along Main Street.
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South Main Street in Culver will be closed south of Davis Street starting Monday. Clerk-Treasurer Karen Heim says crews will be installing a storm sewer.
Continue readingKnox High School will be honoring its seniors with a graduation parade tomorrow. Graduates will set off from Wythogan Park at 1:00 p.m. and head down Main Street to Knox High School.
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Paving work on Franklin and Main streets in North Judson could be complete by the end of the month. The town council last week chose Town & Country Paving to do the work at a cost of just under $186,000.
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The Knox Community School Corporation’s new electronic sign is now up and running. Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart told the school board Monday that the sign at Main Street and Redskin Trail was turned on that morning.
Continue readingThe North Judson Town Council has finalized a financial adjustment for the town’s wastewater project. Initially, there was money in the project budget to cover road patching on Franklin and Main streets once sewer work wraps up there, but town officials have since decided to do the work separately.
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Visitors to the Knox Community School Corporation will now be greeted by a new electronic sign at Main Street and Redskin Trail. Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart says the base was poured Monday and the sign was put into place on Tuesday. “So we have Busse Electric coming to hook up power, and as soon as we get the power hooked up, the sign will become active,” he says.
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The Knox School Board has approved the purchase of an electronic sign, after more than a year of discussion. On Monday, board members approved a bid for just under $45,000 from Vanadco Signs.
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The Town of Culver is looking into the possibility of adjusting its storm water utility fees. The town council voted last week to have accounting firm Baker Tilly do a rate study, for a cost not to exceed $7,500.
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Knox School officials are beginning to see some success with updated drop-off and pickup procedures. Previously, cars had been lining up on local roads around the elementary and middle schools. Knox City Police have asked elementary school parents not to arrive to pick up students before 2:20 p.m. Officers say any cars standing on Culver Road will be issued a ticket.
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Efforts to resolve traffic issues at Knox Middle School continue. During Monday’s school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart discussed the idea of adding a new parking lot entrance on Main Street. “We’ve been trying to separate car and bus traffic at the middle school,” he explained, “where we could bring in either buses or cars and have them exit right out onto Main Street.”
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The Knox School Board has decided to hold off on the purchase of an electronic message board until firmer plans are in place for a potential building project. During a recent meeting, Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart said possible changes to the corporation’s facilities, including the potential demolition of part of the elementary school, have caused him to rethink the sign’s location.
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Members of the Knox Board of Works discussed a non-compliance issue with a Main Street property owner when they met this week. Continue reading
Knox officials are currently working to implement some of the projects established in their 2015 comprehensive plan.
When the city council met last Tuesday, Mayor Dennis Estok reminded the members about some of the projects that were included in the plan. He mentioned that the mural that will be painted on the wall behind Serenity Gardens was a part of it.
That project is currently in the design phase and city council members will now be tackling another project in the comprehensive plan, the street print project. He said, “We’ve talked about the street print to put on the corner of Lake and Main streets.” Estok reminded them, “You’ll have designed crosswalks and the city emblem in the middle of that intersection.” Continue reading
