The football stadium won't be the only venue getting a cover if plans go through for shade structure at Veterans Memorial Wall.

Miller won unanimous City Council support for earlier this year for putting $202,000 toward engineering and design. The $2 million in Deegan's budget would be on top of that.

The former 2010 shade plan aimed to shade 25% of the city by 2030, but it fizzled out years after it passed. Today, the city is roughly 11% shaded, the same as in 2010, based on the most recent ...

Shade structures don’t really have any organized lobbying groups. “There’s so many people who are already tree advocates,” Turner said. “Heat now is a new entry point to advocate for trees.

It is translucent and provides shade while letting ambient light through. The structure is composed of three parts that are used to shape the roof, walls, individual seats and communal benches.

KU architecture class will help Hillcrest students keep cool by building a shade structure for their playground K-12 Education Jul 15, 2023 - 7:34pm Matt Resnick [email protected] ...