Check these two rather classy clips featuring big money to bring an the UMKC Arts Campus to Downtown Kansas City.
TKC NOTE . . . They always play classical music in Kansas City when somebody cuts a check with a lot of zeros.
The latest example . . .
Kauffman Foundation Announces $20 Million For Downtown Arts Campus
"It's been two years since officials at the University of Missouri-Kansas City unveiled a plan for a downtown arts campus, which would relocate the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. On Wednesday, the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation announced a pledge of $20 million to support the effort."
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And here's how it looked from the vantage of the Greater Kansas City Chamber Of Commerce . . .
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation offers grant to the UMKC Conservatory - KC Chamber
"The Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation hands the UMKC Conservatory a grant to help the KC Chamber meet one of their Big 5 goals."
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Obviously, this will benefit Kansas City cultural life and education despite the fact that most of the plebs in this town living paycheck to paycheck might not notice.
Chamber of Commerce = Planet of the Apes
ReplyDeletepledge=kristina dodge
ReplyDeleteMoney= good for KC
ReplyDeleteThe City Council must all be on vacation or hiding from reporters. Not one of them bothered to show up?
ReplyDeleteSecret Business #1 has entered the Streetcar House!
ReplyDeleteDowntown music campus=death zone for violin toting asian girls
ReplyDeleteI hear Sly's hands are tied.
ReplyDeleteA way to FORCE a young demographic with student loan $ to spend - into spending it at P&L District.
ReplyDeleteNo, Sly's bow is tied.
ReplyDeleteSpeakers also speculated the move could add vibrancy to downtown by attracting the important 18-to-25-year-old age group to downtown.
ReplyDeleteBwhahahahahaha
Hope they don't come down there in white T-shirts and baggy pants.
ReplyDeleteStatewide P&L dress code
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