News & Issues
Council Approves Incentives for Fidelity HQ Project at Crown Center
By Kevin Collison An incentive deal for the proposed headquarters of Fidelity Security Life Insurance at 27th and Main sailed through the City Council Thursday despite neighborhood criticism and broader policy concerns about its planned garage. The Council voted 11-1 to approve a tax incentive package valued at about $9 million for the $83.4 million…
Fertilizer Washes off Midwest Farm Fields and Taints Communities’ Drinking Water, Poisons Gulf of Mexico
As rainfall events become more intense and frequent, fertilizers applied to Midwestern farmland wash away, contaminating waterways near and far.
Converge KC Apartments Revive Key Midtown Corner
By Kevin Collison Converge KC, the $46 million apartment project at Valentine Road and Broadway, has transformed a formerly moribund corner with a tired strip mall and parking lot into a dynamic urban addition to Midtown. The 213-unit project was built above what was once Uptown Shoppes, which had its retail space renovated as part…
‘Americans Always Rebuild’: Biden Promotes Infrastructure Investments in Kansas City Speech
President Joe Biden on Wednesday visited the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority to tout the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill he signed into law last month, expected to bring billions in spending on roads and bridges, clean water, public transportation, high speed internet and more to Kansas and Missouri.
Midtown Plaza Project Nears Completion, Second Phase Planned
By Kevin Collison The first phase of the Midtown Plaza apartment project, the renovation of a 1970s office building at 3420 Broadway, is nearing completion with a second phase of the long-delayed development expected to be introduced at City Hall soon. The conversion of the seven-story, former Missouri Gas Energy building into 108 apartments was…