Selling Midtown: The many reasons to live here
sponsored post By Lauren Hruby and Scott DeVouton
Living in Midtown is always met with questions in suburb-heavy Kansas City. Why should someone consider living in Midtown?
Living in the Southmoreland Neighborhood, Midtown is our home. We ...
New Google Fiber deadlines for Midtown
Google Fiber is reminding residents of several Midtown neighborhoods that the deadline is nearing for choosing a plan.
Southmoreland North – Thursday, October 10
Westport – Thursday, October 10
Center City – Thursday, October ...
Sale of Westport Middle raises concerns about Midtown school capacity
Photo from DRAFT Westport High & Middle Reuse Strategy.
After hearing concerns about losing school buildings in Midtown, the Kansas City School Board last night approved the sale of Westport Middle School for redevelopment as a mixed-use ...
School board to vote on Westport Middle School proposal
The future of closed Westport Middle School will be a topic of consideration for the Kansas City school board next week.
The school is one of the closed Kansas City schools being offered for sale as part of the repurposing effort.
The repurposing ...
New deadlines for Midtown Google fiberhoods
As workers are out in Midtown installing Google Fiber’s infrastructure, the company has announced new deadlines for 28 more fiberhoods (that’s what Google calls neighborhood areas of service). Folks who live in these areas need to pick ...
Downtown streetcar advocates help organize Midtown efforts
Matthew Staub and David Johnson led the push for downtown streetcars and are helping Midtown streetcar advocates start a push for expanded routes.
As phase two of the planning for streetcars begins, two Downtown grassroots activists are entering ...
Google Fiber update: Midtown sign-up dates and progress
Residents around Midtown report seeing utility workers installing new fiber lines in their yards and along the streets.
Installation of the Google Fiber network, begun last year in Kansas City, Kansas, has started on the Missouri side of the ...
What happened last week in Midtown?
Last week in Midtown…vacant houses go up for sale, a downtown arts campus gets a big shot in the arm, and fighting the proliferation of dollar stores on Troost. This word cloud gives a visual hint of some of the topics we talked about ...
Land bank offers several Midtown properties for sale
As the land bank officially opened, one of the properties is has listed for sale is this one in the Volker neighborhood.
The city’s new land bank, with its potential for finding responsible owners for blighted and abandoned properties, is ...
What happened last week in Midtown?
Our weekly word cloud gives a visual hint of what we talked about last week at the Midtown KC Post. It shows that reassessment of Midtown properties…changes to the airport…and the history of our neighborhoods continued to be popular topics ...
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