Bridge over Brush Creek wraps up Tiger grant improvements
Photo courtesy Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
Officials celebrated the opening of a pedestrian bridge over Brush Creek yesterday, while calling attention to the accomplishments of the region’s first TIGER grant. They said the $50 ...
Lutherans celebrate anniversary by fixing up Troost Church
Eric Adler of the Star had a profile of the celebration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America’s 25th anniversary yesterday. One of the things members of 11 churches from both Kansas and Missouri did was clean and repair St. Mark’s ...
Fire displaces 18 people on Troost
An early morning fire today in a Midtown apartment building displaced 18 people.
The Golston apartments at 3618-3620 Troost Avenue were vacant by midmorning with workers repairing damage.
The American Red Cross is assisting the people at the ...
Financial Opportunity Center opens on Troost
A financial opportunity center just opened on Troost Avenue is joining others around the country help people reach financial stability.
The new center on the Rockhurst University campus is one of 70 nationwide and the first of three that the ...
You’re invited over to Troost for a Play Day Saturday
Could you build a community through play? The organizer of the Leela Village Community Play Day and Potluck thinks so. You’re invited to join in this Saturday.
Once a month, Devi Wetterer invites people over to Troost for a community ...
Get involved in planning the future of Cleaver Blvd. and Troost today
Planning is underway for the intersection of Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and Troost Avenue.
The city and the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority are inviting people to attend two community workshops to to explore redevelopment options ...
Beacon Hill, Troost Avenue move forward
The city council set the stage for new housing and a grocery store to rise at 27th and Troost, near the UMKC School of Medicine and Hospital Hill. Photo courtesty Wikipedia Commons.
A city council committee on Wednesday approved three measures ...
Keep the Plaza plan, residents tell planners
Residents of the Midtown neighborhoods just north of Brush Creek had their chance to weigh in on the evolving Midtown-Plaza area plan on Tuesday. They expressed their support for retaining the land use and character of the Country Club Plaza, ...
A chicken roost grows near Troost
Theodore Bunch and the coop.by Mark G. Dillon, Editor of The Hyde Parker
There’s a new chicken roost a block from Troost, and yesterday mother hen Portabella and nine chicks were blessed.
Art teacher Theodore Bunch and his girlfriend Eva ...
Get in touch with nature on Troost
Photo courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation Discovery Center.
Troost Avenue next month becomes a place for nature and outdoor activities.
You can shoot arrows, throw darts with the atlatl like ancient ancestors did, or do much more at ...
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