Recap: Last week in Midtown Kansas City (May 17– May 24)

Students from Academie Lafayette have clean up and placed flags at neglected African American Highland Cemetery.

Students from Academie Lafayette have cleaned up and placed flags at neglected African American Highland Cemetery.

Last week we brought you Midtown Kansas City stories about the search for a new superintendent, the local minimum wage debate, and the history of Troost Avenue.

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The minimum wage debate was back at city hall, but the city council delayed action on the ordinance among uncertainty and legal complexities.

After the resignation of Superintendent Stephen Green, the Kansas City school board laid out its plans for both hiring a replacement and staying focused on student achievement in the interim.

Midtown groups including the Midtown KC Post are sponsoring a mayoral and candidate forum. We want to know what questions you would like candidates to answer.

We’re getting ready for Porchfest in the West Plaza neighborhood by introducing some of the performers. This week we met Brad Cunningham. In addition to being a Porchfest favorite, Cunningham is a finalist for best new folk songwriter at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas this weekend.

We also profiled developer John Hoffman, grandson of Isaac Katz of the drugstore chain and a developer who is actively working in Midtown.

Students from Academie Lafayette cleaned up tombstones and placed flags at neglected African American Highland Cemetery.

In our weekly history feature, we traced how Troost Avenue changed from millionaire’s row to a shoppers paradise.

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