Tax breaks for development south of Crown Center move forward
As a start toward an $80 million mixed-use development south of Crown Center, a city council committee on Wednesday approved a blight finding for the property.
It would expand the Union Hill Planned Industrial Expansion Authority tax break area ...
A flaw in liquor consents: An owner of many properties can stop or coerce new businesses
Getting consents from surrounding property owners for a liquor license is fine, city officials say, but it is being abused.
The council neighborhoods and public safety committee today approved and advanced a reform.
It would limit any one owner ...
Time to replace KCI, airlines say, and they will pay
A rendering of a potential new ticketing hall shown to the city council.
The airlines at KCI want to build a new single terminal airport, will pay for it and need it to grow.
They conveyed that message to the city council Wednesday, and also ...
Dead since 1616, Shakespeare visits city hall
Shakespeare Festival Founder Marilyn Strauss with Mayor Pro Tem Scott Wagner and the bard at city hall.
William Shakespeare died 400 years ago but has never exactly gone away.
The city council on Thursday passed a resolution commemorating his ...
Revamp 18th and Vine, link east and west KC, city manager says
City Manager Troy Schulte thinks the city should spend $27 million to upgrade 18th and Vine and link the area to the Crossroads.
The city should spend $27.6 million in upgrades at 18th and Vine and try to link it to the prospering Crossroads ...
Perception of city hall ethics has improved
City employees have a more positive opinion of the ethics of those “at the top” of city management than they did in 2008, according to a new city audit.
The audit report notes that fewer than half of respondents agree that top management ...
Fish, crops and new job skills in urban core?
In the urban core, volunteers are building something that involves everything from gardening to chemistry.
Not to mention fish and lettuce.
On Wednesday, people presented their plan for aquaponics to the city council.
The project taking shape ...
Triage proposal for housing demolition held again
A joint city council committee on Wednesday again held a plan to triage which houses get demolished.
The city plans to spend $10 million to demolish about 800 dangerous buildings in two years, but some council members want more effort put into ...
Spring starts, and fountains flow
City of Fountains Foundation Board Member Carl DiCapo and “Miss City of Fountains” Sophia Dominguez turned on the first fountain today.
The William Volker Memorial Fountain.
In a Fountain Day ceremony today, officials turned on a newly lighted ...
Council moves to rescue famous infamous art
If one of the then controversial sky station sculptures had been damaged shortly after when it went up in 1994, there could have been a political fight over whether to fix it.
Not Thursday. The entire city council quickly approved a $1.3 million ...
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