KC Streetcar in the River Market.
The downtown streetcar line receives its local funding from a Transportation Development District. (Kevin Collison | CityScene)

Flatland’s Top 50 Stories From 2023: 45-41

December 24, 2023  |    |  1 min read

Flatland is taking a journey through our recent past during the holiday season, presenting 50 of our most popular, impactful or interesting stories of 2023 in chronological order between Dec. 23 and Jan. 1.

This is the second installment, featuring stories that first appeared between Feb. 10 and March 1.

From Feb. 10

East-West Streetcar Could Cost $600M, Need New Funding Source Kansas City needs a new local funding source if it wants to pursue an east-west streetcar expansion that would cost up to $600 million.

From Feb. 15

Help Wanted: A Daily Struggle for Immigrant-owned Local Firm President Joe Biden spent little time addressing immigration in his State of the Union speech. But it’s shaping our economic future. Help wanted.

From Feb. 26

Church of the Resurrection Confronts Uncertain Future The ground seems to be shifting under the strikingly successful United Methodist Church of the Resurrection (COR), which now has six campuses in the Kansas City area.

From Feb. 28

KC Emerging as a Life Sciences Powerhouse A wave of new health care facilities are the latest signs of a decades-long quest to establish Kansas City as a life sciences powerhouse.

From March 1

Kansas Last in Nation on Mental Health Ranking The annual State of Mental Health in America report found that Kansas ranks lowest of all states for mental health care.

Check back tomorrow for top stories from March 16 through April 20.

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