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The K-10 Association, Inc., was formed in 1989 as an independent nonprofit corporation to support and promote orderly development within the corridor and to help implement the original K-10 Corridor Study recommendations.

The K-10 corridor is the fastest growing region of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The K-10 Association is comprised of members from the public and private sectors, including representatives from each jurisdiction within the corridor, the University of Kansas, Johnson County Community College, local utility providers, and major property and business owners within the corridor and throughout the region.

The Association's vision statement reads:

To promote the development of the K-10 Corridor into a showcase 21st century community...where people will want to live, work, and play—an area of the region characterized by well-organized, highly aesthetic communities supported by ample green space, commercial services, and cultural amenities.

Since its inception the Association has undertaken a number of activities to improve and promote quality development with the corridor.

K-10 Highway is today the principal transportation route connecting Lawrence and Johnson County. The highway passes through a predominately scenic rural area providing direct access to the six rapidly growing cities that adjoin it and to the Kansas City metropolitan area highway network including I-35 and I-435 and K-7 Highway as well as indirect access to I-70 and I-470.

A 9-mile extension of K-10 Highway, known as the South Lawrence Trafficway (SLT), has already been completed around the western edge of Lawrence. Another five to six-mile segment is planned for the southern portion of Lawrence.

The University of Kansas (KU), anchors the western end of the K-10 Corridor in Lawrence, is a major research and teaching institution that serves as corridor’s premier center for learning.
KU has an annual enrollment of approximately 25,400 undergrad and graduate students.

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