Midtown Plaza planners get input from northeast subarea
Residents of the Midtown Plaza northeast subarea – from 31st Street to 43rd Street and Gillham Road to the Paseo – marked up maps and shared ideas for future planning in their section of the city last night.
The meeting was part of the ...
Long-term city business plan emerges
By Joe Lambe
City debt is high, savings are low and the critical earnings tax now has to be renewed every five years – all not good, city finance officials said.
But they say it is manageable. On Thursday they presented the city council with ...
The first city Ideas Fair showcases innovators
There are up to 7,000 vacant homes in the city, and too few people have jobs – just two of many problems the city cannot solve alone.
Midtown’s Hope Center, a partnership of businesses and Christ Community Church, renovated a home for sale ...
Get neighborhood ideas at the city’s ideas fair tomorrow
The Mayor’s Challenge Cabinet is hosting its first ideas fair tomorrow.
The goal is to bring together community leaders and their best practices for projects that residents can try in their own communities. The ideas fair is also meant to ...
Fall festival in Roanoke Park Saturday
Food and candy, carnival games and prizes, and other treats are on tap Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Roanoke Park Community Center fall festival.
The events lasts from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will also be arts and crafts projects, a bike rodeo and ...
Alerts for two races Saturday morning, evening
Here’s your weekly update on races that could affect movement around the city this weekend. Two races affect traffic the City Market and in the Crossroads Arts District near the Liberty Memorial on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Saturday morning: ...
ATA begins planning study of Prospect MAX
Bus riders love the MAX Bus Rapid Transit service available on Main Street and Troost.
Last night, the Area Transportation Authority (ATA) offered a preview of what MAX service on Prospect might look like.
General Manager Mark Huffer told people ...
MAX bus on Prospect to be discussed tonight
People interested in seeing expanded MAX bus services will be interested in a meeting tonight.
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority and the Mid-America Regional Council are holding a public meeting to discuss a possible MAX line along ...
New public-private program saves 1903 Hyde Park house
This home in Hyde Park is the first renovated through the city’s new receivership program
By Joe Lambe
The smell of urethane lingered like perfume Friday at a long vacant 110-year-old Hyde Park house, now rescued from ruin and up for sale.
Cheerleaders ...
Sweet potatoes harvest at Central Patrol Station yields 100 pounds
Steve Mann and Scott Burnett harvested sweet potatoes in front of the Central Patrol police station yesterday morning.
By Mary Jo Draper
Passersby were a little stunned yesterday morning to see what was coming out of the ground between the Central ...
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