The city’s new full-time planner will look to guide a slew of developments around town as they move from blueprints to buildings. Kyle Kobe is in his first weeks as the new city planner, but he has experience working with Eudora thanks to his time at Professional Engineering Consultants, where the city was one of his major clients. Kobe, who lives in Olathe, is originally from Edwardsville and has spent nearly his whole life in Kansas. He said growing up he often found his mind wandering to how cities were laid out and fit together, which pushed him to pursue a graduate degree in urban planning from KU. “I drove through all these towns, and I just found myself thinking, ‘Why is that there and not there?’” he said. “At the time, I was looking for, you know, what is my calling? I kind of just took a leap like, ‘Hey, this seems like the right thing for me,’ and it’s worked out ever since.” He hopes he can leverage those skills to help Eudora during a period of growth.
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