Main Street has been resurfaced
Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Tracks have been upgrade
Cross Arms on Main Street for BNSF
Trains are moving at 30 MPH - Many every day
Super WalMart
Walgreens
Applebees
New South Dillons
New North Dillons
Bank of America closed downtown
North and South Sonic Drive Inns
North Pizza Hut closed
New South Pizza Hut
New Fischer Field - Artifical Turf
Trees removed surrounding Fischer Field
Baseball Fields inproved
K-Mart is closed
Large housing additions south of Newton
New entrance to Railroad Depot
South Breeze, Sunset, Northridge Schools expanded
Chisholm/Slate Creek Rennovated
Newton High School Expansion
Roosevelt Grade School demolished - now Roosevelt Park
Expansion of Newton Medical Center - across from WalMart
New Fair Grounds being built south of Newton
Knork
No more smoking in Newton businesses.
Round-Abouts at I-35 and 1st Street and Broadway
Broadway re-done from the Tracks to I-35 - Old trees gone
New water tower planned for 12th Street
More people are in Greenwood Cemetary - well duh!
Sand Creek is being rennovated with a new bank and walkway.
Check out the "art" on Centennial Drive
Chisholm Trail "Outlet" Mall at I-35 and South 36th Street
Chisholm Trail Cinema 8 (yes, 8 screens) in the Chisholm Trail Mall
Hutchinson Credit Union on South Kansas Avenue
Many businesses south on South Kansas Avenue past US 50
Two Subway Shops - North and South
Quiznos
A & W is now Ruzen's Flower Shop
Braums
Check out Reba's in the Warkentin Mill complex
Mennonite Pioneer Statue in Athletic Park restored
Old Main no longer connects to US50
New golf course south of town - they say it is fantastic
Corner Lunch is long gone
So is Rexall's Drug Store
As well as Woolworth and its lunch counter - long gone!
Dicks is still there but no longer "Dicks"
Earnie Unruh's gas station has been torn down
Leonida's is long gone in the train station.
The train station is still there but it sure is different
Dragging Main is not a passtime anymore - no honking going on