On Dec. 9 a number of community members met at the Meridian Center for the purpose of creating a video to encourage GAF Materials to choose Newton for a manufacturing facility in an attempt to push the two-year project across the finish line. That finish line was crossed by the city on Feb. 14. [Chad Frey/Newton Kansan]
By Chad Frey Newton Kansan The five-member Newton City Commission needed a “super majority” vote to override a recommendation of the Newton/ North Newton Planning…