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Five Twenty East Opens, First Project in Big Armour Crossing Development
By Kevin Collison Mac Properties has completed Five Twenty East, the first of five apartment buildings planned as the $78 million Armour Crossing redevelopment. The seven-story building at 520 E. Armour is nestled among similar scale, former apartment-hotels built in the 1920s and 1930s along Armour from Main to Troost, and was designed to fit…
Missouri Supreme Court Rules Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion is Constitutional
The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that voter-approved Medicaid expansion is constitutional, making 275,000 Missourians eligible for health care coverage.
Developers Reviving 150-Year-Old Buildings Near 18th & Vine District
(Updated July 21, 2021: A press release this week announced construction has begun on the project. This article originally appeared in CityScene in August 2018) By Kevin Collison Right now, two of the city’s oldest buildings near the 18th and Vine Jazz District look the part, limestone ruins straight out of Medieval Europe. But Jason…
Parson Announces Missouri Vaccine Incentive Lottery With $10,000 Prizes
In a bid to increase vaccination rates to combat the Delta variant’s growing spread, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday an incentive program that will feature chances to win $10,000 for those who get a shot.
Harvesting a Bumper Crop in Agritourism
Agritourism revenue tripled nationwide from 2002 to 2017, and it’s still on the rise in Kansas and Missouri.