News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
RiNo Charges Crossroads, Denver Developer Partnering on Gastro Pub and Pool Hall
(Editor’s note: CityScene is taking some time off for a vacation, this article originally appeared on July 9.) By Kevin Collison A Denver developer has found his new ‘RiNo’ in the Crossroads, planning a pool hall and gastro pub at 16th and Grand along with revamping the former Architectural Salvage building. “I’ve developed a single…
UMKC Proposing Student Housing, Retail by Planned Streetcar Terminus
(Editor’s note: CityScene is taking some time off for a vacation, this article originally appeared on June 30.) By Kevin Collison A new UMKC master plan that calls for developing housing for 500 students along with retail space at the terminus of the planned streetcar route has been approved by the University of Missouri Board…
For-profit Kansas Prison an Understaffed ‘Hell Hole’ of Violence, Death and Drugs
Attorneys and former guards describe CoreCivic’s pre-trial detention facility in Leavenworth as out of control,
North Loop Among ‘Freeways without Futures’ in New National Report
(Editor’s note: CityScene is taking some time off for a vacation, this article originally appeared on June 2.) By Kevin Collison The downtown North Loop is among 15 freeways throughout the country that should be removed and their tracks revitalized according to a new report by a national non-profit organization that champions “walkable urbanism.” The “Freeways…
Local Nonprofits Collaborate to Support, Enhance Kansas City Journalism
Six local nonprofit organizations have formed the KC Media Collective, a new collaborative initiative designed to support and enhance local journalism. Members of the KC Media Collective include American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, KCUR, Missouri Business Alert, Startland News and The Kansas City Beacon.
Kansas City Sustainability Projects Get Grants to Fight Food Waste
Projects aimed at reducing food waste in Kansas City have gotten nearly $500,000 in grants from the EPA.
‘Auschwitz,’ Union Station’s Most Ambitious Exhibition, Runs Through March
(Editor’s note: CityScene is taking some time off for a vacation, this article originally appeared on June 10.) By Kevin Collison “Auschwitz, Not Long Ago, Not Far Away” is Union Station’s most ambitious exhibition to date and you find its title is no empty phrase before you begin the story of perhaps the cruelest episode…
‘They Need to Make Changes Now’: Local Housing Advocates Demand Improvements to KC’s Rental Assistance Program
KC Tenants recently released eight demands to strengthen Kansas City’s Emergency Rental and Utilities Assistance Program and get money out faster to people in danger of losing their homes.
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Rieger Plugging Electric Park Garden Bar into East Bottoms Destination
(Editor’s note: The Electric Park Garden Bar is scheduled to open this Thursday, Oct. 7. CityScene is taking some time off for a vacation, this article originally appeared on July 30.) Two years after opening his destination distillery in the East Bottoms, Andy Rieger of J. Rieger & Co. is adding an outdoor patio bar…