News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
West Bottoms Flats Opens, Expansion Already in Works
By Kevin Collison The pioneering 265-unit West Bottoms Flats project is now leasing and its Cleveland developer is so confident about her historic warehouse redevelopment she’s already planning a $25 million expansion. “We’re very excited about what we’ve done there and we’re excited to expand our concept and create more activity in the Bottoms,” said…
Honoring the Hero of the ‘Hero Project’
The community remembers Tearo “Missie” Condit, creator of the “Hero Project.”
Native Digital Relocating to Crossroads with 25 Employees
By Kevin Collison Native Digital, a growing marketing firm now based in Midtown, is relocating its 25-employee headquarters to a renovated building in the Crossroads District early this fall. The firm is leasing the upper two floors of the historic Maxwell-Briscoe Garage building at 1612 Grand. The old garage, which opened in 1909, has been…
Former Kansas Citian Helps Bring Nature Lovers Together with Black Birders Week
A former Kansas Citian helped organize Black Birders Week, an effort to further the conversation about racism in America.
Liberty’s Effort To Regulate Lenders Generates More Interest
Installment lenders are battling Liberty in court and in the Missouri legislature over new regulations designed to curb high-interest lending.
New Developments Explore Opportunities in Kansas City’s Historic Old Northeast Area
Opportunity Zones are plentiful in the older parts of Kansas City, but so far have had little effect on redevelopment.
Folly Tunes Up for Return to Live Music This October
The Folly Theater is gingerly tuning up to re-enter the world of live music this fall with its 38th Jazz Series! When singer Karrin Allyson takes the stage of the historic theater at 12th and Central on Oct. 17, it will be the Folly’s first sponsored event since March 7, when health restrictions prompted by…
New Hotel Kansas City Looking for Love to Prosper
By Kevin Collison Officials at the new Hotel Kansas City scheduled to open in the historic Kansas City Club building this August believe love will show the way to prosperity following the hospitality industry crash caused by Covid-19. “The interest in weddings is how the industry will come back,” said Sarah Beck, director of sales…
No Bumper Crop of Medical Marijuana in Missouri
No one told Lyndall Fraker that it was going to be easy. So, as the man in charge of standing up Missouri’s medical marijuana program, he’s taking in stride 830 business license appeals, which are now pending before the state Administrative Hearing Commission. “We knew it would be contentious. I was told that from the…
Broken Hearts and Broken Glass: Kansas City Voices Its Pain
Kansas City’s protests are about more than just the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.