Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney
Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney
Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney
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Cooperative planning with the City <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Kearney</strong> is ongoing. <strong>The</strong> City <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kearney</strong><br />
Comprehensive <strong>Plan</strong> recognizes that the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nebraska</strong> at <strong>Kearney</strong> is an<br />
important feature <strong>of</strong> the community. Over<br />
the last ten years city and civic leaders have<br />
engaged in broad dialogue about vision<br />
development, and UNK has participated<br />
actively and productively to identify citizen<br />
needs and responsive projects. Specifi c<br />
topics under discussion currently, and <strong>of</strong><br />
special interest to UNK, include partnership<br />
arrangements with respect to the Merryman<br />
Performing Arts Center, possibilities to adjust<br />
vehicular traffi c patterns, and property uses,<br />
especially along UNK’s eastern boundary and<br />
adjacent to the Spillway Park on the north side<br />
<strong>of</strong> campus.<br />
CHAPTER 1<br />
While <strong>Kearney</strong> currently has only one<br />
interstate access point at Second Avenue, the<br />
city’s comprehensive plan projects additional<br />
interstate interchanges at Cherry Avenue,<br />
three miles east <strong>of</strong> Second Avenue and at 30 th<br />
Avenue, two miles west <strong>of</strong> Second Avenue.<br />
<strong>The</strong> projected interchange at 30 th Avenue<br />
has a strong potential for carrying university<br />
related traffi c. <strong>The</strong> city has constructed a trail<br />
system routed along the northern edge <strong>of</strong> the<br />
main campus and south along the Spillway<br />
watercourse. This integrates well into both the<br />
university and the surrounding neighborhoods.<br />
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