Drug Court participants and community volunteers began planting at the Municipal Court Community Garden on April 26.
Last week we brought you Midtown Kansas City stories about historic preservation, proposed state changes to gun laws, and the call for help from the animal shelter.
If you find any of that Midtown Kansas City news interesting, you can read more on our website or on Facebook (try liking our page to get daily news), or sign up on our website for a daily email news digest each weekday. You can also subscribe to our Twitter updates (@midtownkcposter). Meanwhile, planning for the future of Kansas City’s airport continued with the final public meeting to gather input.
We reported that half of the intersections in the entire metro region with the most pedestrian accidents are in or near Midtown.
In a look at local history, we profiled the Aines Farm Dairy Building at 31st and Gillham, once the place where pasteurized milk, ice cream, butter, cottage cheese and condensed milk were produced for Kansas Citians.
The City Plan Commission approved work to preserve four embattled Armour Boulevard properties, but the developer says they will still demolish them.
Mayors of Kansas City and St. Louis stood together in opposition to a state bill that would allow people to sue federal agents for enforcing gun laws. And the Jackson County prosecutor worked with counterparts in St. Louis on another piece of proposed legislation she said would give gang members, drug dealers, domestic abusers and other criminals a right to carry guns.
As the animal shelter filled to capacity, the KC Pet Project asked people to help by adopting, fostering and donating.
People in municipal court treatment programs for drugs, mental health and veterans began planting their garden last weekend, part of a new program using gardening as therapy for drug addiction and other problems. Meanwhile, the city council offered up some breaks on water costs for urban gardening operations.
And our real estate experts delivered a tip on deferred maintenance. They say if you keep up with repairs, it will pay off at closing when you are ready to sell your home.
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