News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Mac Building a Village on Armour
By Kevin Collison Fourteen years after it began redeveloping dozens of historic buildings along Armour into market-rate apartments, Mac Properties is now striving to create a village in the new Midtown neighborhood its created. “The pandemic made it clear how important social connections are,” said Peter Cassel, Mac director of community development. “We wanted to…
Auschwitz Exhibit Teaches Children About the Holocaust
Curators of the Auschwitz exhibit now at Union Station want to share difficult revelations with children who may know nothing of the Holocaust.
Developer Wins Incentives for $88M First Phase of Ambitious Freight House Project
(UPDATED: The PIEA board approved a 15-year property tax abatement to assist the residential component of the proposed Freight House Village project and a sales tax exemption on construction materials at its meeting today. Developer Vince Bryant told the board the Freight House Village site currently pays about $45,000 annually in property taxes to the…
Harry Truman and the Holocaust
As the 33rd president, Harry Truman drew upon a lifetime of relationships with Jewish friends as he weighed his actions in response to the Holocaust.
Westside Townhome Proposal Rec Delayed by Plan Commission
By Kevin Collison A proposal to build nine townhomes on long-vacant property at 29th and Belleview was delayed Tuesday by the City Plan Commission over a procedural glitch and complaints by some neighbors about communication issues. Remez Partnership wants to build six, two-bedroom and three, three-bedroom townhomes on a half-acre lot in the Westside neighborhood…
Kansas City’s Pandemic Housing Market is Increasingly Pricing Out Millennials
A new study found Kansas City is one of the housing markets where affordability has declined the most
Holocaust Echoed in the Lives of Children Born to Survivors Who Resettled in Kansas City
The Holocaust profoundly affected the lives of survivors’ children, who continue to share the stories of their parents’ determination to build new lives in Kansas City.
Exact Proposing Another Big Apartment Project on Troost
By Kevin Collison Exact Partners is continuing to build on its Wonder Shops + Flats redevelopment at 30th and Troost, this time proposing at 192-unit apartment project on the southwest corner of that intersection. “Everything we’re doing is in response to the success of Wonder,” said Caleb Buland, managing partner of the firm. “We want…
curiousKC | How Did the Pandemic Affect the Mental Health of Seniors?
What do we know about our senior citizens’ mental health one year since the pandemic first hit?
‘War Remains,’ Virtual Visit to Trench Combat ‘Hell,’ Sellout WWI Museum Attraction
By Kevin Collison You could call “War Remains,” the new virtual reality experience at the National World War I Museum, a blockbuster attraction, except for its solitary nature, one person can visit every 15 minutes. The exhibition has been a sellout since opening shortly before Memorial Day weekend and is completely booked at this point…