Who Will Lead KC
From now through the June 18 general election, Kansas City
PBS will produce a variety of multimedia content focusing on
three intersecting topics: affordable housing, violent crime
and tax incentives.
Through our coverage, you will meet some of the unsung
leaders in the far east section of the city and learn about
successful neighborhood revitalization programs. Our
coverage will also include candidate forums and more.
What Will It Take for Banks to Invest in Kansas City’s Low-Income Neighborhoods?
Learn how area lenders want to help rebuild and reinvest in Kansas City’s low-income neighborhoods.
Ridding KCMO Of Blighted Lots
Ellen Boyd, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri’s, Historic Northeast area, isn’t surrounded by vacant homes. But she has counted nearly two dozen of them in a nine-block stretch along the route to 27th Street and Indiana Avenue, where her son’s father lives. And there’s no question in her mind about what the city should…
What Does It Take to Land the Gig as Kansas City’s Mayor?
Here’s Flatland’s primer on the what it takes to be Kansas City’s mayor.
A Decades-Old Tax Question Resurfaces About Kansas City Schools
Earl Fleer is nearly 80 years old now, and he lives about a dozen miles south of his hometown of Hermann, Missouri. But some months back, when he came across an online prompt for our curiousKC reporting initiative, his mind drifted back to his days as a public information officer in the mid-1970s for the…
Neighborhood Champion: Jessie Jefferson
They do it for no pay and little fanfare. Who are they? They are the neighborhood leaders who fight to improve some of the most distressed neighborhoods on the East Side of Kansas City, Missouri. These are the men and women who advocate for better housing, less crime, and more economic opportunity. Through its coverage…