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Westside Townhome Proposal Rec Delayed by Plan Commission

By Kevin Collison A proposal to build nine townhomes on long-vacant property at 29th and Belleview was delayed Tuesday by the City Plan Commission over a procedural glitch and complaints by some neighbors about communication issues. Remez Partnership wants to build six, two-bedroom and three, three-bedroom townhomes on a half-acre lot in the Westside neighborhood…

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Travis Stull in front of his home in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. Stull bought his home in April.

Kansas City’s Pandemic Housing Market is Increasingly Pricing Out Millennials

A new study found Kansas City is one of the housing markets where affordability has declined the most

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In June 1964, Jewish teens in Kansas City gather for a group shot at a party celebrating the first high school graduation of children of Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust Echoed in the Lives of Children Born to Survivors Who Resettled in Kansas City

The Holocaust profoundly affected the lives of survivors’ children, who continue to share the stories of their parents’ determination to build new lives in Kansas City.

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Exact Proposing Another Big Apartment Project on Troost

By Kevin Collison Exact Partners is continuing to build on its Wonder Shops + Flats redevelopment at 30th and Troost, this time proposing at 192-unit apartment project on the southwest corner of that intersection. “Everything we’re doing is in response to the success of Wonder,” said Caleb Buland, managing partner of the firm. “We want…

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What do we know about our senior citizens' mental health one year since the pandemic first hit?

curiousKC | How Did the Pandemic Affect the Mental Health of Seniors?

What do we know about our senior citizens’ mental health one year since the pandemic first hit?

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