The Wichita City Council approved a plans to redesign a portion of McAdams Park on 17th Street and pay homage to baseball legend Jackie Robinson.
McAdams Park is the home of League 42, a community baseball program for inner-city and low-income youth, named in Robinson’s honor.
The city’s redesign will include widening 17th Street from I-135 to Broadway, a new baseball crosswalk, and a sculpture of Robinson that will be unveiled on League 42’s Opening Day in 2020.
(Read more: KWCH News)