News & Issues
Pandemic Prompts Renaissance in Outdoor Dining
The need for outdoor spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting restaurants to essentially turn themselves inside out.
‘Into The Zone’ | Flatland’s Opportunity Zones Documentary Premieres on KCPT
Flatland’s documentary on Opportunity Zones premieres tonight on KCPT.
Union Station Hitches Covid Rebound Hopes on ‘Dinosaur Road Trip’
By Kevin Collison “Dinosaur Road Trip,” Union Station’s new exhibition, is a fun, kitschy blend of dinosaurs, roadside attractions and corny 1950s Godzilla movies, but before you hit the hokey highway, the ramp was bumpy. Like other Kansas City cultural institutions hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, Union Station was in dire straits after being forced…
‘Famous for the 4th’: How a Small Town Celebrated Independence Day in a Pandemic
A small town in Missouri worried about proceeding with the traditional Independence Day celebration amid a pandemic.
River Market Apartment Project Starts Work Soon, Opening Summer 2022
By Kevin Collison Work on the latest new apartment development in the River Market, the Ashland on Third project, is expected to begin later this month. The 94-unit, market-rate project being developed by KC Commercial Realty Group was first approved by the City Council in February 2018 and was praised by then-Councilman Quinton Lucas for…