Notes from Northview

NFN was a hyperlocal micro-journalism project focused on telling stories about the happenings, issues and people of the Northview neighborhood in Manhattan, Kansas. Guided by a mission of community service and uplifting local voices, the project published online at northviewnotable.substack.com and was featured online and on-air at public radio station Wildcat 91.9 at K-State.

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Northview Collaborates to Address Food Need

Neighbors and church volunteers do their part to ensure food is available to those in tough times. Read -

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Principal Goos Brings Collaborative Outlook on Leadership to Northview Elementary

Northview Elementary Principal Nick Goos joined the community during the Summer of 2020 upon his hire by the USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school district. Read -

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Northview Advocates Push for Kitchen in New Community Recreation Center

A group of residents and organizers are calling on Manhattan to fund kitchen appliances for the community and recreation center under construction in the neighborhood. Read -

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Community Engagement a Priority in H4H Home Revitalization Program

After a socially distanced year marked with canceled events and gatherings, Habitat is hoping a new home revitalization program can bring community spirit to Northview and neighborhoods across Riley and Pottawatomie Counties. Read -

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New View of Northview?

Northview residents and Manhattan community members saw visions of a possible future for the neighborhood Wednesday, the culmination of a semester of work by multiple teams of Kansas State University students. Read -

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Northview Advocates Petition City Commission for Eisenhower Center Kitchen Funds

After efforts to lobby Manhattan officials to support funding full-service kitchen amenities in the soon-to-open community recreation center co-located at Eisenhower Middle School came up short, Northview neighborhood advocates brought their requests to the city commission. Read -

Statement of Purpose

Too often is our focus elsewhere. There are more than a few people with more awareness of what a governor across the country is doing than what is happening in their own backyard.

With such primacy placed on national level issues, figures and events, it feels as though news on the Greater United States takes more and more precedent over the work of local organizations — radio stations and newspapers — that aim to inform us about what’s happening here in Riley County, in Manhattan, in our neighborhoods.

That’s why I wanted to turn the microphone back onto the local community and dial in my focus, starting with Northview. Northview is full of vibrancy, but also is not without its issues, and Notes From Northview is an opportunity to place an emphasis on hyperlocal information again.

Through NFN, I worked to tell stories about people, issues and happenings in the Northview neighborhood in collaboration with the community, supplement the existing news coverage in Manhattan, and provide a service that can benefit the information ecosystem as a whole.