Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney

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