News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
New Development Proposal Surfaces for Third and Grand in River Market
By Kevin Collison A mixed-use project that includes 145 apartments has been selected by the development arm of the KCATA as its first choice for redeveloping a parking lot it controls at Third and Grand. The RideKC Development Corp. board chose a plan submitted by CBC Real Estate Group and EPC Real Estate Group for…
Pigwich Finishes First Year in City Market on Guy Fieri’s ‘Diners’
By Kevin Collison Local Pig and Pigwich are closing out their first year in their new City Market digs on a high-profile note courtesy of Guy Fieri. The restaurant and butcher shop will be featured this Friday (Nov. 29) at 8 p.m. on Fieri’s popular show on the Food Network, “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” “We’re…
Developer Proposes Big Affordable Housing Project Near Downtown
Maxus Properties plans to redevelop 11 deteriorated apartment buildings along The Paseo just east of downtown Kansas City into 197 affordable apartments.
Big Affordable Housing Project Planned Near Downtown on Paseo
By Kevin Collison An ambitious plan to redevelop 11 deteriorated apartment buildings along The Paseo between Ninth and 14th streets into 197 affordable apartments was approved by a city development agency Thursday. The $18.5 million Jazz Hill Apartments project is intended to provide affordable housing and a social service network to support its residents, particularly…
KC Coffee Shop Offers Environmental Fuel for Thought
A Kansas City coffee shop is no longer offering any single-use paper or plastic containers.
Finding Refuge in KC | Hank Nguyen
Hank Nguyen built the boat that he used to help make his way from Vietnam to Kansas City.
Downtown Library District Gets New Dog Pad
By Kevin Collison Downtown dogs have a new pad to hang out by the Central Library garage, an artificial approach to better accommodate nature’s call. The library in partnership with the Downtown Council Community Improvement District recently installed 6,000 square feet of synthetic lawn in front of the library’s iconic bookend mural. It replaces a…
The Innocent Victims of Hatred’s Blindness
A surviving spouse looks back at a neo-Nazi shooting in Johnson County that killed his wife in 2014.