Civic Affairs
MEDiAHEAD! Switches to Fun-Time Production During Covid Crisis
By Kevin Collison Being stuck at home with kids looking for something fun to do during the Covid-19 crisis can try the patience of any parent. Worrying about keeping your print shop workers busy and employed during the current economic slowdown caused by the virus is exasperating too. Kathryn “Kat” McDaniel, president of MEDiAHEAD!, has…
Rightfully Sewn Shifts to Producing Fabric Masks to Help Healthcare Workers
By Kevin Collison Rightfully Sewn, the Crossroads workshop for training seamstresses, has shifted from making fashion wear to producing protective masks for healthcare workers encountering shortfalls during the Covid-19 pandemic. The nonprofit plans to make 20,000 fabric masks based, in part, on a pattern released by the Deaconess Health System of Evansville, Ind. And while…
CID Workers on Front Line Sanitizing Public Spaces During Covid Crisis
By Kevin Collison The “bumble bees” who’ve come to symbolize the greater commitment to the safety and maintenance of downtown have taken on a new role–the frontline in sanitizing transit stations and other public spaces during the Covid-19 crisis. “We want our team to be part of the fight against the spread of the coronavirus…
Downtown Homeless Agencies Team to Serve Meals Despite Flooding and Virus Woes
By Kevin Collison First, a broken water pipe in early February forced NourishKC out of its dining room where it served lunch for up to 425 homeless and poor people daily. The agency found temporary refuge with Morning Glory Ministries, which provides breakfast to about 150 homeless each morning at the community center of Cathedral…
Guest Commentary: Turning Toward Greatness, Before We Get to Detroit
(Editor’s note: This presentation that’s been making the rounds of local civic groups recently offers a strong public policy and economic case for continuing to reinvest in our urban core, the so-called River-Crown-Plaza corridor, and nearby neighborhoods.) By Dennis Strait, managing principal, Gould Evans Communities across the country face a fundamental problem: we’ve built cities…