Nearly every seat in the new two-court gymnasium at the Carl G. Brewer Community Center was full Saturday morning.
Where friends and family members weren’t sitting shoulder-to-shoulder, strollers, baby carriers, walkers and canes filled in the gaps. When seats ran out, people lined the gym walls while many more tuned in from home via the city’s livestream.
Former Wichita Mayor Brewer had a way of drawing people in and bringing the community together — in life and, as the size of the crowd showed, after his passing in 2020 at the age of 63. From 2001 to 2015, he served two terms as a City Council member followed by two as mayor.
Mayor Lily Wu hailed Brewer as “a leader dedicated to building strong and connected communities.”…