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Supervisors review revised design, timeline for Dr. Lulu Merle Johnson plaza

5851448 · July 30, 2025
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County staff and designers presented a revised, informal plaza layout placed near the county administration building and Veterans Memorial, with updated plantings, seating and interpretive signage. Family members and university researchers are assisting on interpretive content; construction documents and a final cost estimate are next steps.

County designers and family members presented a revised design for the Dr. Lulu Merle Johnson Plaza at a July 30 Johnson County Board of Supervisors work session, and supervisors indicated they are comfortable moving forward to final construction documents and cost estimates. The design team from OPN Architects said the revised scheme moves the plaza slightly south of the building entrance, increases space around the sculpture, and replaces an earlier formal semicircular layout with a more informal arrangement of paths, planting beds and seating meant to connect the plaza with the nearby Veterans Memorial. Project lead Zach Ryder of OPN Architects said the advisory group "made some revisions to the layout of the project" and described the changes as…

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