Newton City Commissioner Rod Kreie and Al Vogts used to dream out loud to each other about how to make Newton a better place to live. “Our relationship evolved to where we really liked being around each other,” Kreie said. “We looked at buildings and spaces together to see how they might fit into an overall master plan, talked about how to get people on board and his patent dream was to make Main Street an angle parking street.” Parallel parking had to change for things to work, Kreie said. Vogts died on Sept. 12 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita at the age of 62. Vogts, with a business degree under his belt, followed his brother’s and father’s paths to become an entrepreneur, according to his obituary. For the past 40 years, Vogts used his business plans for construction companies, an event center, real estate companies and developments, and an athletic training club, as well as other ideas for which he wanted to impact his community.
Source: Harvey County Now
