NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 19, 2018 West Bottoms Reborn, a two-year project funded by the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town grant, is nearing completion. The goal of the project was to develop a strategy that integrates local artists and design professionals in the visioning and designing of a network of public […]

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 19, 2018 If you have a flair for the dramatic and a burning desire to serve your community, then you may want to consider signing up to participate in a full-scale disaster exercise on May 16 at Kansas City International Airport. This exercise will test the community’s ability to […]

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2018 Following its successful Dollar Home Sale and #HeartofKC home sale, the Land Bank of Kansas City is opening the doors to home ownership to public employees for just $100. Beginning April 23, the Land Bank is putting 25 homes up for sale to City of Kansas City, […]

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2018 About 60 Southeast High School students are trading book bags for trash bags on Thursday, April 19, so that they can make a difference in Kansas City. The students are going to pick up trash along the south side of Bannister Road from James A. Reed Road […]

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2018 Now is the time to get serious about the financial benefits of going green. At least that’s the case for folks looking to upgrade a refrigerator or cash in on a great deal for a new washer & dryer or some other energy-saving appliance. April 19-25 is […]

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 13, 2018 The City is pouring concrete for the first round of GO KC Sidewalk repairs, making good on the promise to add or enhance sidewalks throughout Kansas City over the next 20 years. On Friday, Mayor Sly James, City Manager Troy Schulte and Councilmembers Quinton Lucas and Scott […]

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2018 The Kansas City, Missouri Health Department’s Aim4Peace program will join community partners for the “March and Rally for Peace” event on Friday, April 13, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., to call for an end to violence and trauma in the City. The mile-and-a-half march starts at Victorious […]

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 6, 2018 As Kansas City’s downtown momentum continues to attract more residents, visitors and businesses, the Parking Services Division of the Public Works Department and the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department have partnered to support downtown businesses and residents through a parking enforcement upgrade.   As part of the […]

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 5, 2018 The aggressive plan introduced in 2016 by Mayor Sly James and City Manager Troy Schulte to raze or restore more than 800 dangerous buildings over a two-year period is reducing blight and helping to revitalize neighborhoods all over Kansas City. In less than two years, every building […]

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 2, 2018 The Kansas City, Missouri Health Department’s annual Grade A Food Safety Excellence Awards list is out. This year’s list features 274 food service establishments that qualified for the honor, including full-scale restaurants, fast-food establishments, school cafeterias, hospitals/nursing homes, bakeries, convenience stores and grocery stores. These food establishments have continuously demonstrated excellence […]