Westport school redevelopment moves forward with athletic field agreement

One concept for using part of the Westport High School athletic fields for parking while continuing to let the community use them. Presented by Kansas City Sustainable Development Partners at a meeting in March. The Kansas City school district ...

Westport High plans depend on community input into parking expansion

Gerald Smith of Plexpod said his company thinks the redeveloped Westport High School would be a perfect site for a co-working space. But developers of the project say their latest plan won’t work unless restrictions on parking in the track ...

Westport High School redevelopers to present revised proposal

Midtown residents, who have shown a great deal of interest in the reuse plans for Westport High School, can get an update on Monday, March 21. The redevelopment group Kansas City Sustainable Development Partners wants to use the track/field ...

District announces decision in Westport High School sale

Sustainable Development Partners shared this vision of a redeveloped Westport High School and Middle School earlier this year. Developers now have the go-ahead to transform Westport High and Middle Schools into the Westport Commons: Center for ...

District says Westport High School decision coming

A decision on the future of Westport High School is expected this month, according to the Kansas City School District Repurposing Office. Two development groups, Foutch Brothers and Kansas City Sustainable Development Partners, made their most ...

Westport school repurposing presentations rescheduled

The Westport Middle and Westport High School Repurposing proposals, canceled earlier this month due to severe weather, have been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. The presentations will be held at Redeemer Fellowship, 3921 Baltimore. The ...

Westport High, Middle School presentations postponed

After consultation with neighborhood leaders and the developer teams, Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) has canceled tonight’s Westport High and Middle proposal presentations.  The Kansas City School District Repurposing team say they are ...

New date for Westport school repurposing presentation

The Kansas City School District repurposing office has set a date for new Westport High School and Westport Middle School presentations. On February 4, 2015, the district will host Westport High proposal presentations by Foutch Brothers, LLC ...

Updates on Swinney, Westport High School Repurposing

Progress on the redevelopment of Swinney School as a mixed use development. Photo courtesy Chip Walsh, Swinney Development Partners. The Kansas City Public School Repurposing Office has sent out an update on projects that are currently underway. In ...

Neighbors ask district to reconsider Westport High redevelopment options

School Board President Jon Hile said the board will consider new community comments about the future of Westport High School. The future of Westport High School is no clearer after a meeting to discuss changing redevelopment options last night. But ...