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Kansas City Toy Tech Is NOT Transit
As app grows in popularity, KC works to fit scooters into transportation scheme
In the last two weeks, the sleek black scooters lining downtown sidewalks have become Caleb Whiting's ride of choice. "They're just easier because you don't have to park anywhere," he said. He now takes one to work almost every day. "It's super easy," he said. "You just follow the traffic."
KCMO Subsidy Scare For Speculators
Cuts to historic tax credit program worry developers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Renovated historic buildings dot the Kansas City landscape, many of the developers used the historic tax credit to help with costs. But in this past legislative session, lawmakers carved out $20 million from the fund leaving $120 million left, $30 million of which can only be used for high-poverty areas.
McTavish Agenda This Weekend
6 Transformational Things To Do In Kansas City This Weekend
Of course, things change. But to truly transform typically takes a plan. Leave it to the weekend to deliver a convenient blueprint for transformational occasions rooted in music, comedy, fantasy and the natural realm. All you have to do is show up. Am I making this sound too easy?
Friday Deluge Flashback
25 years later: Kansas City remembers 1993 flooding
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On this day in 1993, the Missouri River rose to its highest point in history. Several areas across the metro were flooded and many recall the businesses that had to decide whether to shut down or rebuild. Twenty-five years later, several agencies are working to prevent devastation from happening again in the metro.
The Very BEST KCMO Urban Core Pix
Bellefontaine Avenue Historic District
500 to 524 Bellefontaine Avenue in Historic Northeast... these ten homes with only slight variations in floor plans comprise the Bellefontaine Avenue Historic District. The two-story brick houses were all built in 1889-1890 as speculative houses for Charles K. Baker on the Richmond Place Plat.
Tech Sports Stay Winning
Seg. 1: Collegiate Esports Come To Kansas City Area. Seg. 2: The Indie Film Critics.
Segment 1: Park University to introduce esports as varsity program. More than 60 colleges nationwide have brought their sports programs into the digital world. Esports is becoming increasingly popular, and the game is coming to the Kansas City area next spring. Park University recently announced it is building a state-of-the-art gaming center and debuting a varsity video-gaming team.
New Wave American Foodie Fare
Eat This Now: Pupusas at Dos de Oros Taqueria
April Fleming It's always a fine idea to make the trek out to Dos De Oros Taqueria, the superb street-taco joint at 135th Street and Holmes Road. But that's especially true on Sundays, when pupusas are on the menu. Traditionally a Salvadoran dish, pupusas are a little like the love child of an arepa and a tamale.
And this is the OPEN THREAD for right now . . .
Sounds like the powers that be are afraid the cheap little scooters will be more popular than the street car.
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ReplyDeleteThe scooters go faster than THE streetcar and they can take the rider pretty much up any street.
The are streetcar vampires!
When will the contract be let for tearing up the tracks?