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"Kansas City Week in Review" host Nick Haines.

Nick’s Picks | Here’s Your Kansas City News Forecast

This week’s Kansas City news forecast calls for changes in the unseasonably warm weather and a slew of local elections in early November.

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Big West Bottoms Redevelopment Project Wins Key Tax Incentives

By Kevin Collison A $526 million plan that would revitalize a big section of the West Bottoms by restoring dozens of historic buildings and repairing its crumbling infrastructure won vital tax incentive support from a city development agency Thursday. The sweeping proposal by New York-based SomeraRoad, which already has backing for its plan at City…

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East Side Development Sales Tax

In 2017, voters approved a 1/8 cent sales tax with the goal of spurring economic development in disadvantaged neighborhoods of the city. So far, the Central City Economic Development (CCED) sales tax has awarded over $53 million and funded 39 projects. This month, Flatland in Focus investigates these projects and gages their effectiveness in addressing…

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Crown Center Lands Office Tenants, Credits Vibrant Environment

By Kevin Collison Crown Center is bucking the sluggish national and local office market trend, adding or renewing leases this year totaling 167,000 square feet with the biggest catch the Kutak Rock law firm. Stacey Paine, president at Crown Center Redevelopment, credits the mixed-use formula that was the foundation of the development more than 50…

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Sales Tax for East Side Projects Grapples with Growing Pains

Kansas City’s Central City Economic Development (CCED) sales tax program has produced mixed results and faces political headwinds as the time for renewal looms.

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