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KC Public Schools Frustrated by KCATA Silence on Tax Incentives
Kansas City Public Schools has criticized the KCTA’s development arm for focusing on projects west of Troost and failing to brief the school district on tax break proposals.
Affordable Housing Developer Proposes Project Near 27th and Troost
By Kevin Collison The Vecino Group, a Springfield-based affordable housing firm, has filed plans with the city to build a 57-unit apartment project at 2732 Forest, an area in the Troost corridor experiencing a market-rate apartment boom. The proposed four-story development had been scheduled to be reviewed by the City Plan Commission this week, but…
Café Cà Phê Stirs Vietnamese Flavor into KC Coffee Scene
By Kevin Collison A Southern California actor marooned in Kansas City after Covid cancelled her Miss Saigon Broadway tour has taken on a new role, creating a coffee shop in Columbus Park that celebrates Asian-American culture. “I always had an idea of opening a coffee shop but didn’t think for another 10 years,” said Jackie…
curiousKC | What Was Kansas City’s First City Park?
Picnics, birthday parties, ball games and exceptionally nice days are all elements that might bring someone to one of Kansas City’s 200-and-some parks. The peaceful greenspaces might seem ubiquitous in the city of fountains, but the acres of parks Kansas Citians know today weren’t always there. Lisa, a Flatland reader, asked, “What was Kansas City’s…
NFL Draft May Make Next Year Busiest in KC Sports History
(Editor’s note: This article originally appeared March 7, 2022) By Kevin Collison Next year may be the busiest in Kansas City sports history including up to 350,000 visitors coming downtown next spring for the 2023 NFL Draft, according to a top local sports official. “Four weeks of collegiate basketball, then we roll into our first…