The current campus will be at maximum capacity by the end of 2008, still KC's Stowers Institute for Medical Research seems to realize that the fate of their expansion rests on the current crowd who don't seem to like their work in Jeff City.
The prominent medical research organization founded by mutual fund magnate Jim Stowers and his wife, Virginia, however, has purchased a 100-acre tract of land in Kansas City for eventual development. Officials declined to identify a specific location, but indicated it was near the current 11-acre campus just east of the Country Club Plaza . . .“Jim and Virginia’s support of early stem cell research in Massachusetts has already yielded important advances in the field, but we believe this work should thrive as part of our overall research mission in Kansas City,” Neaves said. “Unfortunately, the persistent negative political climate in Jefferson City is preventing us from recruiting the embryonic stem cell scientists we wish to attract.”It's always a bummer to hear we can't get good people in Kansas City . . . Still, I'm sure once the P&L District is finished scientists and other qualified folks from across the nation will flock to "Electric Avenue" in Kansas City in order to eat at chain restaurants . . . That's the plan, right? Either that or the people of Kansas City might just want to invest building more megachurches so people can pray for their cures . . . Which isn't all together a bad idea and thankfully doesn't involve
Stowers keeps making this odd and crypic comment.
ReplyDeleteMost stem cell research happens on the coasts, in cities such as Boston.
If you aren't getting top flight scientists it is because you aren't paying them enough, providing the cache name, or giving them enough benefit.
It is a 1800 mile move for most of these scientists. I doubt that any actually believe that their years of research will be lost to jackbooted thugs from the bootheel kicking over their petri dishes and stealing their hard drives.
This is the third time Stowers has made this baseless accusation.
They have a HUGE fucking tax abatement. We tax abated PRIME fucking land next to the plaza and UMKC.
Ewing Kauffman was leading a company that was doing cutting edge and controversial medical research in KC while Stowers were still low-rent mutual fund losers trying to sell crooked funds to old people.
So they can kindly piss off with all this 'backwater' talk.
anti-Science and Anti-Class:
ReplyDeleteFYI: From The Blog of Independence:
Governor Matt Blunt will be in Kansas City on Monday (July 2) to sign the Missouri Healthnet legislation (SB 577) at the Cleaver Family YMCA Center at 11:30 a.m. Speaker Pro Tem Michael Gibbons will reportedly be with the Governor for the signing.
Yet while the leader of Missouri's Senate and our governor travel into the Kansas City, it has been reported to me that Sen. Jolie Justus, who represents major parts of the city's urban core was not even notified of the event. Yes, forget senatorial courtesy. It seems that Gov. Blunt and Sen. Gibbons want to use the Kansas City as a backdrop for their press event, but are not willing to give Kansas City's elected officials the respect they deserve.
The First Things First Coalition will hold an press conference at 11 am at the VFW Headquarters (406 W. 34th St.) to high light stories of those who are fallout victims of the massive health care cuts of the Blunt administration.
Sen. Justus, of course will weather this snub just fine and will continue to be a strong advocate for those left behind in the Blunt/Gibbons so-called health care reform legislation.
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