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What’s On KC- UMKC Theatre and KCAT present Billy Bishop Goes to War
- African American Read In
- African American Read In
- Charles Wetherbee, violin (Master Class)
- Historical Dynamic Duos: How to Get/Not Get Along and Change the World
- V-Men Workshops
- Stitches Exhibit
- Carl Orff's Carmina Burana
- UMKC Preview Day
- Last day to withdraw with assessement (W or WF) (undergrad) (first 8-week session)
Category Archives: Suburbs
Nonsense in the ‘Burbs puts KC in the national headlines
Look down there at the bottom of the MSNBC home page. Those last two headlines garnered national attention today for two of our beige neighbors. In Independence, a lawn ornament is shot dead by cops when it’s mistaken for a … Continue reading
EPA’s flight to suburbs gets national attention
The irony of the Obama Administration’s decision to move the Midwest EPA headquarters from Downtown KCK to an exurban office park in Lenexa is starting to get national attention. EPA employees are caught in the middle of a growing local … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Real Estate, Suburbs, Transportation
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EPA setting bad example with move to suburban fringe
Yesterday the local office of the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was moving its Midwest office from Downtown KCK to an environmentally hostile location at 113th and Renner on the southwest fringe of the metro area. While the EPA touts … Continue reading
Posted in Real Estate, Suburbs, Transportation
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Even the suburbs have to bail out tax-subsidized developments
Most of the headlines go to the $12 million per year that KCMO spends to cover the Cordish Co.’s shortfalls on the Power & Light District, but the City isn’t alone in using taxpayer dollars to cover deficits in already … Continue reading
Are KC tax dollars being used to send conventions to Overland Park?
Today the Pitch has a brief piece on a convention that is moving from Kansas City to Overland Park, thanks to the Convention and Visitors Association. While the CVA promotes tourism and conventions across the entire metro area, the it … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Downtown, Suburbs
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Kansas targets another Missouri company, and its zoo animals
For all the billions invtested Downtown, the city has yet to see a significant ROI in terms of corporate recruitment and retention. AMC Theaters is the latest KC company being pursued by the State of Kansas with obscene taxpayer handout … Continue reading
Tough weekend in the burbs
Sunday morning’s breaking news items on the KC Star web site…