What Has KCMO Central City Economic Development TAX Achieved?!?

Don't worry . . . We'll wait for an answer. 

In the meantime . . . The low-voter-turnout tax collection will likely continue . . . This report is actually the best we've seen all week in an election wherein a tiny fraction of voters will move this money forward. 

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"Kansas City voters will decide Aug. 4 whether to keep paying a sales tax that funds economic development within Kansas City’s urban core.

"The renewal question for the Central City Economic Development (CCED) sales tax appears on the ballot as Kansas City Question 3.

"Kansas City shoppers have paid the CCED sales tax — one-eighth-cent for every dollar spent — since voters first approved it in April 2017. The current voter authorization of the tax expires Sept. 30, 2027, so the question is back on the ballot. A “yes” vote continues the tax at the same rate for another 10 years. A “no” vote lets the tax expire next fall.

"The tax is collected on all purchases subject to a sales tax citywide. The tax money is put into a dedicated fund that can only be spent on economic development inside a roughly nine-square-mile area. The CCED boundaries are Ninth Street to the north, Gregory Boulevard on the south, The Paseo on the west, and Indiana Avenue on the east."

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Kansas City Question 3: CCED sales tax explained

A guide to Kansas City Question 3: the boundaries, the cost, the projects built so far and the arguments around renewing the CCED sales tax.