Kansas City Blight Fight Begins Again

Local legislative work on a longstanding issue restarts JUST IN TIME to power the campaigns of council members hoping for reelection . . . 

Councilwoman Melissa Patterson Hazley, 3rd District At-Large, and Councilman Darrell Curls, 5th District at-Large are hosting the two Eastside Dangerous Buildings Town Halls.

The first listening session is Monday at 6:00 p.m. at the Mary Williams-Neal Community Center. A second meeting is set for Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at Ruskin High School.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas spoke ahead of the meetings about the concerns driving the effort.

"The historic Northeast where they deal with any number of issues, right from illegal dumping to vacant houses and lots that create issues. And that neighborhood, we've been dealing with a lot of fires in vacant and abandoned structures for a long time, and what I hear, pretty uniformly from most of them is to say, we need to do something," Lucas said.

The meetings are also an opportunity for the city to present three newly proposed ordinances that would give Kansas City more tools to address problem properties.

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Kansas City town halls on abandoned buildings aim to address safety concerns on the east side

Kansas City is hosting two town halls this week to hear from residents about dangerous and abandoned buildings on the east side.