Academy Arts District

Energized by Arts

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We're thrilled to announce that the Maize Academy Arts Street Project has been honored as the Public Works Project of the Year in the Small Cities/Rural Counties category for 2024 by the Kansas Chapter of American Public Works Association (APWA)! We want to recognize our partners on this project: Professional Engineering Consultants PA, Pearson Construction, and the wonderful residents, citizens, and businesses, that showed great patience as the project was under construction.

There are still elements of the project awaiting completion. We look forward to working on several gateway structures, with one specifically planned for the intersection of Academy and Maize. Maize is incredibly proud of this project and the momentum expected to continue along Academy St. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to making this vision a reality!

The Academy Avenue project was created to represent the Maize community and instills civic pride. The design celebrates community, family, creativity, and diversity and was designed to be a place to gather, shop, play, and discover.

Academy Avenue extend from Maize Road east to Cathey St and spans a diverse area that includes a variety of land uses. The east end from Maize Road to Queen Avenue is all single-family residences. Continuing west, the uses between Queen Avenue and Park Avenue include residences and places of worship. The area from Park Avenue and Khedive Street is a growing small business hub with converted residences serving as shops. The west end from Khedive Street to Cathey Street are civic and institutional uses including Maize Central Elementary School, City Park, Community Building, and the Clair Donnelly Amphitheater.

Click here to take a virtual Storymaps tour of the project.