Apr

30

Cordish: “All your party are belong to us”

April 30, 2008 | 5 Comments

After Kansas City gave the Cordish company an unprecedented tax break with great risk to the taxpayers, and got a change in state law, the developer is now threatening to sue the city. The problem is the Power & Light District’s special open container permit, which allows customers to take booze outside into the street […]

Apr

30

Blight abuse?

April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

An unusual court case is accusing the suburb of Gladstone of abusing the ever-popular “blight” declaration in a failed redevelopment. Back in 2003 the city decided it wanted replace a crappy strip mall with something more upscale and New Urban, so it declared the thing blighted. However, the city never actually seized the land and […]

Apr

29

Troost MAX

April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This week the KCATA is holding open houses for the public to learn more about plans to expand the popular MAX bus to Troost Avenue in 2009. Tonight you can stop by anytime between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the 39th and Troost transit center. More info.

Apr

29

Struggling Downtown

April 29, 2008 | 10 Comments

New restaurants are opening monthly in the Power & Light District, and crowds are flocking to Downtown.  Unfortunately many local and/or non-chain businesses are not getting much of the love.
Winsteads recently closed up their diner in the food court at One Kansas City Place, the state’s tallest building. The Mango Room recently closed after enduring […]

Apr

28

Jack Cashill working for Sarah Steelman

April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

Fired Up! Missouri notices that Sarah Steelman is paying Ingram’s Magazine’s whacko editor Jack Cashill for communication services.

Apr

28

Midwesterners are dying earlier

April 28, 2008 | 3 Comments

The NY Times reports on an astounding new public health study that says life expectancy for some Americans is decreasing, especially women. No where else in the developed world is this happening, and researchers think it’s due to increasingly unhealthy lifestyles.
This rise in mortality for chronic diseases runs counter to trends in other developed countries, […]

Apr

25

Parkville Microbrew Festival

April 25, 2008 | 2 Comments

Tomorrow Parkville’s annual microbrew festival returns for another glorious year. Some of the breweries participating include Boulevard, 75h Street, Free State, Blind Tiger, and my personal favorite, Columbia’s Flat Branch Brewery. I can’t think of anything better than spending an afternoon in beautiful English Landing Park drinking local beer and watching the Missouri River flow […]

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