“It pained me to watch how hard people (volunteers) worked last summer in the Community Garden by the old hospital that we just tore down and how much work that was,” Kiowa resident and businessman Jeff Bryan said who is leading the charge to make improvements to the community.

Six months ago, Bryan purchased the property to the east of Hometown Market and behind the Kiowa Baptist Church. The property has a round top building that will be used for the garden project.

Bryan said he is going to build a Raised Bed Garden. The garden will have 36 4X4 raised beds that he'll build. There's a 350 foo...