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Nika Cotton makes a drink at Soulcentricitea, which she opened on Troost Ave. last July. Cotton applied for a grant from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, but did not receive any money.

In Kansas City, Restaurant Revitalization Funds Flowed to Whiter, More Affluent Areas

Local businesses received a total of $53 million from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. But few of those dollars flowed east of Troost.

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Big 18th & Vine District Mixed-Use Plan Before Development Agency

(UPDATED Sept. 8: A 25-year property tax abatement, 100 percent for 15 years, 50 percent for 10 years, and a sales tax exemption on construction materials was unanimously approved for the One Nine Vine project at a special Planned Industrial Expansion Authority board meeting Tuesday.) By Kevin Collison The first phase of the proposed One…

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All Jessica Best Stewart, one of downtown's newer residents, and her husband Brian Stewart had to do to celebrate the Chiefs Super Bowl win was walk out the door of their home at Western Auto Lofts.

Greater Downtown Population Jumps 29% in New Census Results

Greater downtown Kansas City’s population jumped 29.4% over the last decade to 27,831 residents, according to the 2020 Census.

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Greater Downtown Population Up 29 Percent in New Census Results

By Kevin Collison Greater Downtown Kansas City’s population jumped 29.4 percent over the last decade to 27,831 residents, according to the 2020 Census, thanks in part to people like Jessica Best. “We’ve lived in the Western Auto building for eight years and we’ve loved how the Crossroads has grown up around us” said Best, a…

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This July 12, 2021 file image shows a basket of fresh harvested green chile waiting to be roasted at Grajeda Hatch Chile Market in Hatch, New Mexico.

Tap List | Local Breweries To Descend Upon Wichita for Chile Festival

Several Kansas City-area breweries are pouring beers this Saturday at the 8th annual Iron ChileHead festival in Wichita, Kansas.

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