Streetcar Authority endorses exterior colors, design

They won’t be Chiefs red, or KU crimson and blue, or MU black and gold. Instead, Kansas City’s new streetcars will be white, black and silver. Some critics say boring. Or worse, Oakland Raiders colors. But those in charge think Kansas…

Downtown streetcar groundbreaking draws enthusiastic crowd

Fifty-seven years after streetcars stopped running in Kansas City, an enthusiastic crowd gathered under sunny skies Thursday for the official groundbreaking to bring streetcars back to Downtown, The Kansas City Star reported today. “It’s…

Cisco announcement to advance KC as a tech hub

Downtown Kansas City received more affirmation Wednesday that it's a tech hub with which to be reckoned. As part of an ongoing, public-private effort to identify and solve a variety of municipal problems, the City of Kansas City, Missouri…

City publishes guide to development opportunities on streetcar route

All eyes will be on the Downtown Streetcar route this week, as Mayor Sly James prepares to preside over the streetcar groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m. Thursday at the southwest corner Truman Road and Main Street.  While Thursday's event…

UMKC’s Downtown Arts Campus Takes Big Leap Forward

Downtown and the University of Missouri-Kansas City together will take a major step forward today with the announcement that land has been acquired for a new UMKC Conservatory campus. That step came at 8 a.m. Monday morning, as leaders from…

Downtown site proposed for UMKC Conservatory

In what is being hailed as a critical boost toward moving the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance to Downtown Kansas City, supporters have obtained an entire city block immediately south of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The…

Millennials discover Downtown KC a friendly place to be

You can find them where there’s live music, trendy food, an affordable home and a friendly environment where they feel they can make a difference. And in some very encouraging ways, both statistically and in the mysterious world of “buzz,”…