Sunflower is a mixed residential and commercial

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in Wichita,

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. It lies in the west-central part of the city on the north side of

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Geography

Sunflower is located at (37.686667, -97.381389) at an elevation of . It consists of the area between West Street in the west and Meridian Avenue in the east and between Central Avenue in the north and

in the south. Sunflower borders the neighborhoods of La Placita Park and Indian Hills to the north, Delano to the east, Stanley/Aley to the south, Orchard Breeze to the west, and Orchard Park to the northwest.

Government

For the purposes of representation on the Wichita City Council, the portion of Sunflower south of Douglas Avenue is in Council District 4, and the portion north of Douglas is in Council District 6. For the purposes of representation in the

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, Sunflower is in the 25th district of the

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and the 95th district of the

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Education

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operates two facilities in Sunflower: * Lawrence Elementary School * Mayberry Cultural/Fine Arts Magnet Middle School

Media

KSAS-TV KSAS-TV (channel 24) is a television station in Wichita, Kansas, United States, affiliated with Fox and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain services to Hutchinson-licensed Dabl affiliate KMTW (channel ...

, the

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television affiliate in Wichita, and

KMTW KMTW (channel 36) is a television station licensed to Hutchinson, Kansas, United States, serving the Wichita area as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Dabl. It is owned by the Mercury Broadcasting Company, which maintains a loca ...

, a

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affiliate licensed to Fellow city

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, broadcast from studios on North West Street in Sunflower. Radio station

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, which plays a mixed

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and

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format, broadcasts from studios on West Central Avenue in Sunflower.

Parks and recreation

The city's Department of Park and Recreation maintains one park in Sunflower: West Douglas Park. The park consists of and includes a concession stand, an open shelter, playgrounds, softball diamonds, and tennis courts.

Transportation

Douglas Avenue and Maple Street, both of which run east–west, are the primary streets through Sunflower. Other arterial roads include: Central Avenue, which runs east–west along the north side of the neighborhood; Meridian Avenue, which runs north–south on the east side; and West Street, which runs north–south on the west side.

runs east–west as the Kellogg Avenue freeway along the south side of the neighborhood, accessible via interchanges at West Street, Edwards Street, and Meridian.

Wichita Transit Wichita Transit is the public transportation department of the City of Wichita which operates paratransit and transit bus services within Wichita, Kansas, United States. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . Fleet ...

offers bus service in Sunflower on its 11, 12, 14, and 15 routes.

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operates a freight rail line which runs northwest–southeast through the northeast corner of the neighborhood and northeast–southwest through the southeast corner of the neighborhood.

References

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