Grassroots playground opens in Roanoke Park

The new playground in Roanoke Park. Children played, a best-selling author showed up and after three years of work, the Karnes playground in Roanoke Park opened April 30. Rachel Porter of Coleman Highlands, one of the two mothers who started ...

Roanoke Park called model for neighborhood involvement

The official first slide on the new Roanoke Park playground. Neighborhood efforts to restore Roanoke Park should be an example for all neighborhoods in Kansas City, according to Terry Rynard, deputy park department director. She made her comments ...

Roanoke Park gets a new playground this weekend

The Park Department tweeted this photo of the new Roanoke Park playground in progress this morning It’s a big weekend in Roanoke Park, as a new playground gets an official dedication. Playground supporters from the surrounding neighborhoods ...

Rachel Porter and others are dreaming big for park playgrounds

Rachel Porter and her children enjoy the Roanoke Park playground, but they also have big dreams for a more modern playground in the near future. When Rachel Porter moved to Coleman Highlands a few years ago, she and her children immediately ...

Roanoke Park supporters adding wetland, playground

The Roanoke Park Conservancy learned Friday that it won a $3,500 state grant to beatify a natural spring in the park. Park supporters announced it at a Friday celebration at Prospero’s Books, along with other planned Roanoke area improvements. Last ...

For your calendar: Roanoke Park Party, playground update

Residents helped make plans for playgrounds at a recent brainstorming session. Photo courtesy Roanoke Park Conservancy. The Roanoke Park Conservancy is inviting the community to learn more about the new playgrounds in the park. The update will ...

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 ...

Watkins accepts Roanoke Park award on behalf of all volunteers

The city has recognized the hard work and improvements to Roanoke Park. Mayor Sly James recently presented the co-founder and president of the Roanoke Park Conservancy, Curt Watkins, with a 2013 Neighborhood Leader Legacy award. Watkins insists ...

Neighborhood picnic features 3 Trails West, music from the cowboy tradition

On Sunday, residents of the Valentine, Volker, Coleman Highlands and Roanoke neighborhoods are invited to the annual “all-neighborhood” picnic in Roanoke Park. The picnic is a chance for folks from different neighborhoods to get acquainted. ...

Dance in the Park brings together neighborhoods this weekend

For fifteen years, Midtown neighborhoods have been promoting togetherness through Dance in the Park. The event takes place in Roanoke Park each year, and brings together the Volker, Roanoke, Valentine, Coleman Highlands, and West Plaza neighborhoods. ...