Freshly Paved New Streets Prove Kansas City Northland Stays Winning

We don't like good news  . . . Because it's boring.

However . . . 

One of our favorite local bloggers offers some hope for Kansas City along with an ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS photo set featuring street paving results on the nice side of the bridge. 

And so we share a reminder that the Northland continues to add population and GREAT SCHOOLS & NEIGHBORHOODS to raise a family whilst Downtown has to beg hipsters to remain . . .

"The project is a classic partnership project.  KCMO put in roughly $1M of bond and sales taxes for the design and property acquisition, Platte County obtained a $2M federal grant and used that plus something like $2.3M of its 3/8th cent road and bridge sales tax to pay for the construction and now we've got a complete street where people don't have to walk or bike in the road with cars driving by at 40+mph in ten foot lanes."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Green Hills Road Almost Ready to Open

Green Hills Road is about done and I took some liberty and drove through the job tonight since I've got a pass. The project is a classic partnership project. KCMO put in roughly $1M of bond and sales taxes for the design and property acquisition, Platte County obtained a $2M...