Matthew Gwin

Matthew Gwin, Startland News

Matthew Gwin is a reporter with Startland News, a member of the KC Media Collective.

Stories by Matthew Gwin, Startland News

Co-owner Deana Bellamaganya at Core Coffee & Eatery.

Businesses Welcome KC Neighbors to Taste, Tour the Northeast

The Taste & Tour event on Friday offers a way to showcase the diversity of businesses, particularly in the food and drink industry, in Northeast Kansas City.

Fans decked out for the NFL Draft walk through the Crossroads Thursday on their way toward Union Station and the NFL Draft event grounds.

Small Businesses Shocked by Low NFL Draft Sales, Now Wary of World Cup

A massive surge in visitors and foot traffic as Kansas City hosted its first NFL Draft failed to generate sales for small businesses outside the event grounds.

Laugh-O-Gram studio building

Thank You Walt Disney Project Secures $2M in Federal Funds

A decades-long effort to redevelop Walt Disney’s original Laugh-O-Gram animation studios will receive $2 million in federal funding.

2000 Vine Street.

Passion Project: 2000 Vine Street’s ‘Cultural Inheritance’

The revitalization of the two oldest public works buildings in Kansas City, abandoned since 1978, is nearly complete, according to the leaders of the 2000 Vine Street project.