The new Raven Hills development in Atchison, Kansas, is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create an entirely new community, a neighborhood filled with people interested in doing life together. Adjacent to Benedictine College’s beautiful campus and within easy walking distance of Atchison’s many attractions, Raven Hills offers something for everyone — young families, working professionals, people affiliated with Benedictine College, and retired folks. Join us!
Secure your place now in this exciting new development. We are eager to help you get started!
1. Choose an Available Lot
Raven Hills offers a range of lot sizes and features. Act fast to secure your lot of choice!
2. Choose a Home Design
You can use one of several beautiful home designs already prepared, or work with your builder to create something entirely new for your family.
3. Choose a Builder
You can hire any contractor you want. Raven Hills has relationships with local builders who are more than ready to work with you to make your dream home a reality.
4. Move in!
And enjoy settling in to your new life in Raven Hills and the wider Atchison community.
What will the new neighborhood be like?
Picture bright spring mornings, as families walk hand-in-hand to church services on Sunday, and children walk to school during the week.
Picture a warm summer evening, as neighbors gather on front porches to wind down and share the latest news with each other. Or better yet, watch the Amelia Fest fireworks from your front porch!
Picture a crisp fall afternoon, and a walk up the block to Benedictine College to attend a concert or theater performance, or audit a class in your favorite subject.
Picture a snowy winter day, as children young and not-so-young take a brisk hike through Riverfront Park. Or take a walk downtown and warm up with a meal in one of the nearby restaurants.
The neighborhood is bordered on the east/west by N Second Street and Washington Street, and on the north/south by E Mound Street and E Laramie Street. When fully built out, the Raven Hills neighborhood will include up to 60 new homes. Various lot sizes are available. Building standards will ensure that the style of the neighborhood (primarily single-family houses) will blend in with the older, historic homes in Atchison.
Available Lots
Note that some lots have specific requirements for home size and design, and you will need to understand the requirements of your lot before selecting a design for your home.
- S-1 to S-8 (blue): Single Family Home with an ADU* Above the Garage
- S-9 to S-25 (yellow): Single Family Home with Garage
- S-27 and S-28 (yellow): Estate Homes (with view of the Missouri River)
- SFA-1 to SFA-4 (green): Single Family Attached Homes
* ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) is a secondary housing unit on a single-family residential lot, in this case, an apartment above the garage.
For families wishing a larger footprint for their homesite, two or more adjacent lots can be purchased.
Raven Hills Supporters
“Limited housing availability in Atchison makes it challenging for MGP to recruit talent. We're very excited about the potential for Raven Hills to provide high quality housing for our community. Being able to walk to downtown, Riverfront Park, church and work at the MGP headquarters, will be very attractive to our employees.”
Michael Buttshaw
President, Ingredient Solutions, MGP
“I think the Raven Hills Community is a long-time coming! I'm thrilled to see it in the works! It answers lots of folks' needs and has the potential to increase the value of family living and connectedness in our already really great small town! It could be a perfect solution for Benedictine families, as well as young families who move to town wanting that close-to-everything feel but not prepared to commit to an older home with its inevitable needs/costs. These homes have some of the same charms as the older homes that surround them, but they have every realtor and home-buyer's dream: location, location, location!”
April L. Hoopes
April is a 16-year resident of Atchison, active St. Benedict parishioner and homeschooling mom of 9 children, who is gratefully welcoming some of those grown children and their families back to Atchison!
“I’m truly excited for the Raven Hills Planned District and I’m thrilled to team up with the Egger and Thomas families to create this awesome new neighborhood adjacent to Benedictine.”
Stephen D. Minnis
President, Benedictine College
“My wife and I recently purchased a home in Atchison from Vision 4 First, LLC; we were impressed with both the quality and the low costs in Atchison relative to larger cities. With eight new homes completed or under construction in the planned district, a picture of a newly built, beautiful neighborhood with a nod to historic Atchison is taking shape.”
Mark Schell
Vice President, Diamond Pet Foods
“The Atchison Catholic community continues to grow and thrive. Efforts like this initiative help to provide affordable, much needed housing in the beautiful historic neighborhood adjacent to St. Benedict Catholic Church and School.”
Fr. Luke Turner, OSB
Pastor, St. Benedict’s Parish
Raven Hills in the News
Raven Hills development seeks to support Atchison community – The Leaven
Raven Hills planned district to showcase initial new homes during open house on May 17 – Atchison Globe
Development Team
Raven Hills is being developed by Vision 4 First, LLC – a partnership of David and LeeAnn Egger and John and Becky Thomas, lifelong friends and local real estate developers who have completed a number of stand-alone projects in Atchison and other successful planned communities throughout eastern Kansas. The Eggers have a daughter and son-in-law who graduated from Benedictine College, and they own a home in Atchison.