Which charter changes will go to voters – who knows?
The city council on Thursday discussed some proposed charter changes, skirted others, and reached no conclusions, as the Kansas City charter review debate continued.
Faced with a Jan. 28 deadline to submit proposed changes for an April ballot, ...
Streetcar expansion funding moves forward
All of Midtown would be included in a transportation development district to fund a streetcar expansion. View a larger map at the end of the story.
A city council joint committee on Thursday approved a streetcar expansion funding proposal to ...
B-cycle fundraising targets Midtown neighborhoods, districts
Kansas City C-cycle – those bikes you see in downtown Kansas City – has launched a rental bicycle fundraising campaign to expand into Midtown.
B-cycle has turned to the KC-based civic crowdfunding site Neighbor.ly to collect donations ...
Proposed 2014 Kansas City budget requires “further belt tightening”
The city manager has submitted $916,065,337 2014 Kansas City budget proposal to the mayor. That’s a 1.8 percent decrease from the current budget, with a proposed reduction in capital improvement expenditures and reduced wages from the reduction ...
Airline executives speak against high cost of a new KCI
An upgraded and attractive airport does not boost passengers and could reduce flights if airline costs increase too much, airline officials said Tuesday.
It was the first time they spoke to the mayor’s KCI Advisory Group, which is studying ...
Mayor announces redesigned EDC board
The city has a new Economic Development Corporation board, part of an effort to streamline the city’s redevelopment process.
Mayor Sly James today announced his appointments to the redesigned board which has nine members with five appointed ...
Don’t experiment on our children, Green tells state
“You can’t treat us like lab rats in an experiment” in the fight over Kansas City school district accreditation.
That was the reaction of Kansas City School District Superintendent R. Stephen Green last night to a consultant’s vision ...
Ash borers likely to survive cold
Apparently the recent sub zero weather does not have much of a good side in killing bad insects.
The invader emerald ash borers now in Missouri and Kansas City are probably snug in bark beds, experts say.
“A few EAB larvae probably were victims ...
Bullying feeds cycle of violence
Children bullying others are engaging in child abuse, says national bullying expert SuEllen Fried.
For victims and society, she said, “(bullying) starts with pain, it turns to rage and it becomes revenge and it goes on for centuries and generations.”
Fried, ...
2014: More Midtown Kansas City real estate momentum
sponsored post by Lauren Hruby and Scott DeVouton
2013 saw the Midtown Kansas City we love: a vibrant player in the Kansas City community. Jobs were added in Kansas City. The housing market went up (again). Public and private investment ...
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