Wichita State University has announced plans for an Open Streets ICT event on the south edge of its campus.  This will be the second year that the university has hosted Open Streets activities, similar to the downtown event sponsored by the City of Wichita.

The Open Streets ICT for Wichita State and the Shocker Neighborhood will be held on Sunday, April 14th from 12 noon to 4 p.m.  The activities will be on 17th Street from Volutsia to Oliver, and 17th will be closed along that two-mile section to allow for biking, walking and running.   The street will be closed from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The event will have more than 35 vendors and 8 food trucks, and there will be a number of other attractions:

• New this year is a main stage on 17th Street for music and trivia near the middle of the two-mile course. An instructor from the Steve Clark YMCA will lead a Zumba workout on the stage.
• The WSU Ulrich Museum of Art will hold an arts market in the roundabout near the museum.
• Habitat for Humanity will set up at the corner of 17th and North Poplar.
• A hub for young people, near Volutsia Street, will offer vendor and information about camps, summer programs and after-school programs.
• WSU’s Department of Dental Hygiene will hand out toothbrushes and other dental products.
• Bike Walk Wichita; Health Core; Suspenders4Hope; Student Engagement, Advocacy and Leadership; Community Service Board; the Office of Diversity and Inclusion; and Army ROTC are among the groups that will volunteer or set up booths and activities.

Open Streets is sponsored by Wichita Park and Recreation, the Rhatigan Student Center at WSU and Airbus Americas.