Most people can agree the worst part about Christmas is taking down the decorations, especially when you're not sure what to do with your tree. The answers is recycle it.
Parks in Olathe, Shawnee and two other Johnson County cities are featured in posters and postcards in the WPA art style memorably used to celebrate national parks. Here’s how you can get them.
• Austin Recreation Center, 1301 Shoal Creek Blvd.
Last week, multiple city departments laid out the initial criteria for the sites. The city wants locations hosting 50 people to be 2 acres, while encampments hosting 100 people should be at least 4 acres.
City staff emphasized the list is preliminary. Some possible sites are on parkland that gets a lot of use like the Onion Creek Metropolitan, Mary Moore Seawright, Gus Garcia, Bull Creek, Patterson, Walnut Creek, Roy G. Guerrero and Palm Neighborhood parks.
Kimberly McNeeley, director of Parks and Recreation, told council the resolution that triggered the review suggested parkland could be on the table at least for the initial list.