Kansas
Permit changes approved to allow Kansas Children’s Discovery Center expansion
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Topeka’s governing body approved permit changes Tuesday night to allow an expansion project for the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center.
The city is not funding the project, but they needed to amend the center’s existing permit granted in 2009. Shawnee County approved the project in April. Funding from the Gage Park Improvement Authority sales tax is being matched by private donations to support the project, according to KCDC President/CEO Dene Mosier.
The expansion is a $10 million, 16,000 square foot project that will add three new classrooms, a traveling exhibit space, a storm shelter, and 75 new parking stalls.
The Kansas Children’s Discovery Center saw record attendance in 2023, with over 120,000 visitors. It even welcomed its one millionth visitor just a couple days after the expansion was approved.
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