KU community invited to forum about Central District redevelopment

Kansas University students, faculty and staff are invited to learn about redevelopment plans for KU’s Central District at an open forum from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday in the Courtside Room of the Burge Union.

There will be a short presentation at 4:30 p.m. but the forum will center on a series of small, direct conversations between attendees and KU planners.

KU’s Central District is bounded roughly by 19th Street on the south, Iowa Street on the west, 15th Street on the north and the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center on the east, according to the master plan. Also within it lie the Daisy Hill residence halls, the Burge Union, Allen Fieldhouse and Oliver Hall.

KU’s Campus Master Plan calls for tearing down McCollum Hall and Stouffer Place and building multiple new structures, including new residence halls and apartments, mixed-use development and new science buildings in the next three years.

The university hosted a similar forum July 29 for Lawrence residents.