Beautification Committee Chairwoman Linda Dougherty received permission from the Great Bend City Council to continue improvements to the grounds around the Great Bend Public Library that began with donations that provided for bronze statues.Now the committee has permission to continue with improvements that will include a new lawn.Dougherty explained this will build on the project that began with the installation of bronze statues.Now there will be plaques installed in the retaining wall, which will recognize the contributors for those statues.And the project will continue with scraping and then replanting the lawn. “We have a little money, so we would like to replace the lawn,” Dougherty commented.It is anticipated there will also need to be improvements made to the sprinkling system, so the new lawn can be kept healthy, she added.The sidewalk in this area includes a group of “open squares” that were apparently intended for various uses years ago.Some were used for evergreen plantings. Others had flowers at one time.