Mar

26

Restaurant openings and closings

March 26, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Some recently-opened restaurants….

George Brett’s - 210 West 47th St., KC, MO (Plaza)
Pot Pie - 904 Westport Rd., KC, MO (Westport)
Bistro 303 - gay/lesbian/mixed bistro - 303 Westport Rd., KC, MO (Westport)
Porter’s - Sports bar - 4112 Pennsylvania Ave., KC, MO (Westport)
Tizers - sports bar - 4050 Pennyslvania Ave., KC, MO (Westport)
Downings - sports bar/grill - [...]

Mar

25

Independence school split being considered again

March 25, 2004 | Leave a Comment

The Kansas City area is a jumble of overlapping city and school district boundaries. For example, the western quarter of Independence lies in the KCMO School District. Residents in that part of the city have objected to being in that troubled school district, and it’s viewed as a major reason for the decline of [...]

Mar

24

April Election

March 24, 2004 | Leave a Comment

April 6 voters will see several big bond proposals. Kansas City, MO is proposing three bonds for infrastructure improvements, zoo improvements, and a WWI museum at the Liberty Memorial. Several school districts are asking for levy increases to offset budgetary crises, as well as bonds for various construction and renovation projects.
Kansas City, MO [...]

Mar

24

Bistate II downsized

March 24, 2004 | Leave a Comment

The metro area’s troubled attempt to come up with a second bistate tax plan may progressing after the small group of business and civic leaders pushing the plan finally began listening to more stakeholders and agreed to halve the the cost and length of the tax. It now looks like a $1 billion tax [...]

Mar

23

Kansas City Works

March 23, 2004 | 1 Comment

In the last few years voters have approved several bonds for city construction projects, and the city recently formed a new office to help jump start the construction of new fire stations, police stations, traffic signals, catch basins, etc. New signs are popping up around town to show where these projects will be [...]

Mar

22

Largest employers

March 22, 2004 | Leave a Comment

The Kansas City metro area’s largest employers:
1) Sprint
2) Federal Government
3) State of Missouri
4) DST Systems
5) Ford Motor Co.
(From the KC Business Journal)

Mar

19

Record housing construction in 2003

March 19, 2004 | 1 Comment

The metro area issued a record 10,742 home construction permits in 2003, while the average new house price reached $237,239. Kansas City, MO lead the way with 1932 permits, driven mostly by explosive in Northland growth in Clay County and continued Downtown revitalization. Other top-ten cities were Olathe, Lee’s Summit, Overland Park, Shawnee, [...]

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