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Elon Musk’s Starlink internet uses satellites in space to beam wireless internet connections to Earth.

Internet ‘Last Mile’ Experiment Coming to Clinton County

New internet technology is being tested in rural Missouri to reach across the last mile.

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Canadian Team’s ‘Complete Vision’ for East Village Wins Prestigious ULI Competition

By Kevin Collison The East Village would bloom as a new “intergenerational” downtown neighborhood with 1,500 apartments and a food-focused vibe in the winning proposal of this year’s ULI/Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The FUSION plan prepared by graduate students from three Canadian universities–Ryerson, York and the University of Toronto–was selected from four finalist concepts…

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Former Chiefs Coach, Medicaid Expansion and Property Appraisals

Nick Haines shares the news outlook for this week in Kansas City.

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West Bottoms Flats Hosts Neighborhood Party

West Bottoms Flats, the first big foray by a developer into renovating the district’s massive, old warehouses into housing, is holding a party this evening to get more people acquainted with the neighborhood. “We are hoping that this event will help bring more people over to the north side of the bottoms and get them…

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It’s Official, Three Light Starts Next Month, Midland Renovation this Fall

(Updated Oct. 15: The Three Light project held its ceremonial groundbreaking although construction is well along on the foundation of the $140 million project and the tower crane has been up for a couple months. Cordish officials said 60 percent of the residents of One and Two Light came from outside the metropolitan Kansas City…

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